XAVIER AFFAIR by ROBERT L. FISH

New York: Putnam. 1969. First edition.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. light shelf wear. 191 p. 22 cm. Red mask mystery.. . A quartet of kidnappers make the mistake of hiring Da Silva as their driverChico Xavier needs cash. His father has cut off his allowance, and for a student with expensive taste this is a death sentence. He and his friends arrange to kidnap one of their school friends who allows himself to be taken in exchange for a cut of the ransom. Two days of criminal behavior and they'll all live happily ever after-or Chico thinks. To store the victim of their faked kidnapping, Chico's girlfriend pays a taxi driver for the use of his house. But the driver is no ordinary cabbie-he is Captain Jose Da Silva of Interpol. He can't tell if Chico's scheme will turn out to be tragedy or farce, and so he plays along, hoping to save the kidnappers from themselves. .

New York: Berkley Publishing Corp., 1970. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Berkley Medallion S1817; Edgar Award-winning author Fish is at his best in this mystery-suspense series featuring Brazilian Police detective Jose Da Silva; mass market paperback, First Printing of First Paperback Edition; one-reader text shows small stain on fore and bottom edges and first few pages o/w clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned in pictorial wrappers with minor wear at base of spine, very minimal creasing, surface and edgewear; Good Plus to Very Good.

Putnam Pub Group, 1969. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1969. No Edition Remarks. 191 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Black illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with red lettering to spine. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to pages at gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Brown stain to back endpaper. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Book has a slight forward lean. Surface damage to front board, top edge. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges. Brown staining to back flap.

Putnam, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Robert Hale, 1973. slight wear to cover edges, library marks endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex Library.