The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Dutton, 1996.
ISBN: 0525941592
Price: $60.00
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling - 1st Edition/1st Printing
A Fine first printing of the first edition in a just about Fine dust-jacket that has some light soiling;
Lawrence Block’s Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling is the story of a larcenous grande dame of the 1920s and 1930s named Gertrude Stein. Stein is a criminal mastermind who spends her days planning heists and amassing a fortune. But when she is finally apprehended by the police, Stein is more than ready for her sentencing. She is unafraid of the law and ready to take her punishment head on. Block’s novel is an entertaining look into the criminal mind and the lengths to which some people will go to get what they want.; 8vo; 243 pages.
