New York: Arbor House, [1980]., 1980. First edition. First U.S. edition. Originally published in the U.K. as The Heist Of The Century. Fine in dust jacket. In the summer of 1976 a gang of twenty criminals, under the direction of Albert Spaggiari, spent two months digging a 25-foot tunnel from the city sewer system into a bank vault in Nice, France. Once in, the men proceeded to spend the weekend breaking into safe deposit boxes before leaving with some $8 to $10 million in cash, gold, and jewelry and daubing the phrase "sans haine, sans violence et sans arme" on the wall. The book focuses on the heist and the small details that led to Spaggiari's eventual capture. Once captured, Spaggiari escaped from the courtroom in the middle of his interrogation. He remains at-large today!.

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Bookseller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 28701
Title: THE GENTLEMEN OF 16 JULY.
Author: MAURICE, RENE LOUIS AND KEN FOLLETT
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Arbor House, [1980].
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1980

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Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and rare books dealing with Mystery and Western Americana. Books in the mystery field include not only Mystery, but also Detective, Espionage, and Adventure Fiction. Our Western Americana Section offers books about the development of the American West. All books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.

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