Robert Byrne SKYSCRAPER First edition and 7 similar items

SKYSCRAPER By Robert Byrne New York: Atheneum, 1984. First edition, first printing. Statement "First edition" to the copyright page, 1984 date printed to the title page, and $14.95 price printed to the jacket's inner flap. Illustrated with a vicinity map that includes sites mentioned in the story. The Hall of Fame Billiard player and author had four of his novels selected and condensed in the prestigious Readers Digest Condensed series. This title was one of the four selected. A suspenseful thriller set in an extremely tall building, just blocks from Times Square, where dangerous flaws are discovered by the protagonist architectural engineer, who fights time to abate disaster against those covering up the facts. Byrne's similarly exciting novel, THRILL, was adapted to an NBC movie. Elusive in the full-length version, and scarce in a first printing. Fine in fresh black linen over black boards with blind embossed titles to the front cover and gilt embossed titles to the spine; in fine dust jacket; original printed $14.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.