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New York: Bantam Books, 1985. 408pp., last 3 Blank. 1/4 black cloth spine and 3/4 black colour for truth gilt writing on the spine. Bumping to the corners of the book and shelfware is evident to the lower edges of the book. The head and the heel of the spine are soft and bumped. Marx to the book panel. Dust marks to the top paper edge and there are some stains on the fore edge. Staining to the endpapers and there have been some handling marks internally as well. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a snake wrapped around a broken decanter, with black background and gilt and white writing on the front panel and spine. Dustwrapper is rubbed and faded. Corners of the dustwrapper chipped and on the top rear dustwrapper corner there is a 1" tear. There is a piece missing from the spine shaped in an oval fashion. Chipping to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges has also occurred and there are some increases on the front fold over. Bleeding of the spine colour onto the dustwrapper on the verso side. "The alchemist is the deeply hidden genius behind a criminal drug manufacturing ring whose tentacles have spread throughout Southern California--a ring whose menacing relationship with the Mafia is now set to explode into brutal war.". A special police task force has to bring this criminal down.. First Edition. 1/4 Cloth and Boards. Poor/Poor. Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall. Crime.