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New York: Praeger Publishers, (1973). Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), silver letters, 231 pp. Very Good+, with lightly rubbed edges; in a Very Good+ dust jacket with light edgewear. From dust jacket: This fast-moving account of a conspiracy within a conspiracy describes the wholesale smuggling of heroin into the United States by light plane from South America. For nearly a decade the Latin Connection to the already well-known French Connection went largely unnoticed. During that time the ubiquitous French-Corsican underworld built a powerful cartel based on the availability of the contrabandistas -- smugglers long known for their dealings in cigarettes and whisky, wigs and Levis. Switched onto heroin, many of them without knowing what their small aircraft were landing at Florida airbports, the contrabndistas found themselves caught in a desperate game for fantastic stakes played out on Miami boulevards and in New York hotels. Eventually they were outmaneuvered by a small by nervy and determined… Read More

New York: Praeger, 1973. The jacket has the price clipped.. Not Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Praeger, 1973. The book has some pencil note markings on the first page. There is brown spotting on the top and bottom of the back of the dust jacket. Also, the jacket has a two and a half inch long crease mark on the front right corner edge flap.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

GB: Elek, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/VG DW.

New York: Praeger, [1973]. First? Edition. First? Printing. good, fair. 22 cm, 231, DJ worn and soiled, tear at top of DJ spine. This is the fast-moving inside story of how Auguste Joseph Ricord made a fortune in heroin smuggling, and how a small but dogged team of narcotics agents and international intelligence men finally outmanoeuvred him. The authors worked for Newsweek.

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 231pp. Slightly bowed boards and spotting on the page edges else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with tiny tears and toning.

Paul Elek 1973,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0236154834 1st edition, hardback, 232pp, edges slightly browned, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0236154834 .

Praeger, New York, 1973. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very good in Very good torn dust jacket. First Edition.* True crime.

ELEK PAUL 1973 1ST EDIT H/B. Hardcover. GOOD D/W GOOD ORIG. ADV. WRAP BAND BOXHB; 8666 .

Sydney: Ure Smith. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. 231pp; light foxing to edges.; 220 x 140mm .

New York: Praeger, [1973]. good, fair. 22 cm, 231, DJ somewhat worn and stained. Inscribed by both authors. The fast-moving inside story of how Auguste Joseph Ricord made a fortune in heroin smuggling, and how a small but dogged team of narcotics agents and international intelligence agents finally outmaneuvered him.