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The New Centurions
by Wambaugh, Joseph
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston/Toronto: Little Brown, 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Book of the Month Club (BOMC).. Boston/Toronto: Little Brown, 1970. Book of the Month Club (BOMC). Fine/Very Good+. Book of the Month Club Edition. To identify: A small square impression on the lower rear of the cover near the spine indicates a BCE. Although the dustjacket has a price of $6.95 on the jacket and states First Edition, it is a book club copy . Clean dark blue boards with blue cloth spine, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean bright endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 376 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few tiny closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. This book was made into a film in 1972 starring George C. Scott and Stacey Keach. 8vo. Fiction..
Synopsis
Ex-cop turned #1 New York Times bestselling writer Joseph Wambaugh forged a new kind of literature with his great early police procedurals. Here in his classic debut novel, Wambaugh presents a stunning, raw, and unforgettable depiction of life behind the thin blue line. In a class of new police recruits, Augustus Plebesly is fast and scared. Roy Fehler is full of ideals. And Serge Duran is an ex-marine running away from his Chicano childhood. In a few weeks they'll put on the blue uniform of the LAPD. In months they'll know how to interpret the mad babble of the car radio, smell danger, trap a drug dealer, hide a secret, and-most of all-live with the understanding that cops are different from everyone else. But for these men, these new centurions, time is an enemy. The year is 1960. The streets are burning with rage. And before they can grow old on this job, they'll have to fight for their lives...
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- Seller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 013373
- Title
- The New Centurions
- Author
- Wambaugh, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Book of the Month Club (BOMC).
- Publisher
- Little Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston/Toronto
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- NOVEL FICTION LOS ANGELES POLICE BOOKS INTO FILM
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- Books into Film;
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