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TOMA: The Airport Affair
by David Toma
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
DAVID TOMA. TOMA #2: THE AIRPORT AFFAIR. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Dell Publishing, New York, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Dell # 4604. Condition: Near Fine. With mild shelf wear and micro chips to extremities typical of vintage paperback books of this age, otherwise appears unread, pages are clean and binding tight. In remarkable condition for a 43 + years paperback! Signed & warmly inscribed by David Toma, on October 20, 1975 to Art Ronnie, movie publicist, "Toma" ,a true real life detective who inspired the 70's TV show Mafia crime drama of the same name starring Tony Musante and Susan Strasberg. As of this writing today this is the only known signed copy of this book on the market. Extremely scarce TV Tie-in pulp fiction based on a real life detective about 70's crime, association copy, highly collectible.16mo. 190 pgs.
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- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-389
- Title
- TOMA
- Author
- David Toma
- Format/Binding
- Softcover / Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dell Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 16mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- David Toma, Mob, Mafia, TV Shows, Tony Musante, Movie TV Tie-in
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pulp Fiction; Cinema / Theatre Arts;
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About the Seller
Astro Trader Books
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About Astro Trader Books
Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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- Association Copy
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
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- Fine
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Inscribed
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