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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke: The Story of a Crime, by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo 1969 HBDJ First Edition

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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke: The Story of a Crime, by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo 1969 HBDJ First Edition The Man Who Went Up in Smoke: The Story of a Crime, by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo 1969 HBDJ First Edition The Man Who Went Up in Smoke: The Story of a Crime, by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo 1969 HBDJ First Edition The Man Who Went Up in Smoke: The Story of a Crime, by Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo 1969 HBDJ First Edition

SYNOPSIS:  183 pages. See pic of front jacket flap for detailed synopsis. Also: The masterful second novel in the Martin Beck series of mysteries by the internationally renwned crime writing duo, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö Inspector Beck of the Stockholm Homicide Squad has his summer vacation abruptly terminated when the top brass at the foreign office pack him off to Budapest to search for Alf Matsson, a well-known Swedish journalist who has vanished. Beck investigates viperous Eastern European underworld figures and--at the risk of his life--stumbles upon the international racket in which Matsson was involved. With the coolly efficient local police on his side and a predatory nymphet on his tail, Beck pursues a case whose international implications grow with each new clue.

Publisher: Pantheon Books, A Division of Random House, New York. 1969. Stated First American Edition

Format: Hardback with jacket. NOT an EX LIB.

Condition: Jacket in Very Good Condition with minor bumping, rubbing, edge chipping, and soiling. Flaps unclipped with original $4.50 retail still showing. Inner volume in Good condition. Blue boards with dark turquoise spine and navy lettering. Covers soiled and peeled from tape remainder on front, and faint peeled spots on back. Dark brown stain on inside blank front flyleaf, possibly from glue where bookplate may have been? This is quite a collectible title in this edition. Photos illustrate condition of overall volume.

See Grading Scale page for explanation of grades. Photos of any obvious condition issues will be provided.

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