BLOCK, LAWRENCE — Burglars Can't Be Choosers

New York, NY: Random House, 1977. Limited Edition; 2nd Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394411838. SIGNED EDITION. This is one of 1000 copies numbered and signed by the author on a special printed bookplate that is adhered to the front endpaper. This is copy number 532. The book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some lightish foxing to the rear flap joint (on the inside of the cover). "The first of his work to appear under his own name was the 1957 story "You Can't Lose," for the crime/adventure magazine Manhunt. The first novel to be published under Block's name was Grifter's Game (1961). It started as an erotic novel but, as Block would later write, "I decided it might be a cut above what I'd been writing, so I wrote it as a crime novel with the hope it might work for Gold Medal." He has since published more than fifty novels and more than a hundred short stories, as well as a series of books for writers. Block has lived in New York City for decades, setting most of his fiction there, and has come to be very closely associated with the city. He is married to Lynne Block. He has three daughters, Amy Reichel, Jill Block and Alison Pouliot, from an earlier marriage. With Lynne, he spends much of his time traveling (the two have been to 135 countries) , but continues to consider New York his home. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .