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The New Centurions
by Wambaugh, Joseph
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Atlantic-Little Brown, 1970. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1970 Atlantic-Little-Brown Stated FIRST EDITION. An historical collectible being the author's first and breakthrough novel. Condition: The hardback is in Near Fine condition being tight and unmarked with the merest of wear. The dust jacket has minor fraying at the edges and expected aging of paper (aka "foxing"), but it the $6,95 price is present and it is also first state (The author blurb on the back of the DJ describes his having " two adopted half-Mexican children," which was deleted in later editions.) Adapted in 1972 by the author, Stirling Silliphant, and an uncredited Robert Towne for the Richard Fleischer directed film, featuring George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander and an all-star cast.
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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- Bookseller
- Bren-Books.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6196
- Title
- The New Centurions
- Author
- Wambaugh, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Atlantic-Little Brown
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 376
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction; Book into Film; Police Thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- fiction; Crime Thriller;
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Bren-Books.Com specializes in first edition books specializing in Classic fiction, books made into films and mysteries. We also carry many SIGNED books both in fiction & non-fiction.
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