FORSYTH FREDERICK The Day of the Jackal

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FORSYTH, FREDERICK. The Day of the Jackal. 4 First Printings including two Inscribed and Signed to Penzler in 1999. 8vo, original bindings; dust jackets as issued. London: Hutchinson; New York: Viking; Bantam, 1971-72

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First English Edition. Endpapers toned; dust jacket, light rubbing to corners, price-clipped. Inscribed and Signed by Forsyth to Penzler in 1999 Advance Reading Copy of the First American Edition. Wrappers, toned. 1971 First American Edition. Dust jacket, price-clipped, a bit toned, light creases along edges. Inscribed and Signed by Forsyth to Penzler in 1999 Bantam Books Preview Edition. Small 8vo, wrappers, toned. 1972.
In this, Forsyth's most famous work, a political killer is hired to assassinate Charles De Gaulle. The French authorities learn of the plot and assign detective Claude Lebel to find "The Jackal." Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for the best novel of 1971.