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| Book Title | The Forty-First Thief |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Author | Edward A. Pollitz |
| Publisher | Dell Publishing |
| Published | 1975 |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| Condition | Readers Copy |
| Condition Notes | This copy shows heavy overall reading and shelf wear. The front cover has extensive rubbing and scratching across the blue background, substantial edge and corner wear, multiple creases, and significant color loss around the perimeter. The upper and lower corners are especially worn, with additional abrasion along the spine edge.
The cover remains attached and completely readable, and the distinctive vintage artwork is intact. Because the cosmetic wear is considerably heavier than I would allow for a EugeneBookStore Good copy, I would grade this one Reader's Copy. |
| Condition | Readers Copy |
Forty thieves have pulled off an audacious international crime—but the real danger begins when an unexpected forty-first thief enters the picture.
Edward A. Pollitz Jr. builds the novel around international intrigue, enormous financial stakes, deception, and a scheme whose consequences reach far beyond the criminals directly involved. The story moves through the worlds of international finance and high-level criminal maneuvering, where fortunes can disappear and alliances can change without warning.
As the scheme begins to unravel, the people involved discover that stealing the money may have been much easier than surviving what comes afterward.
EugeneBookStore Summary
The Forty-First Thief is a distinctly 1970s international suspense thriller, combining crime and adventure with the financial and geopolitical anxieties of its era.
What makes the novel unusual is its emphasis on global economics and financial manipulation rather than relying entirely on conventional spies, assassins, or police investigators. Contemporary descriptions specifically highlighted Pollitz’s knowledge of international economics as one of the novel’s strengths.
This is a good EugeneBookStore choice for readers who enjoy older international thrillers, elaborate criminal schemes, financial conspiracies, and vintage paperbacks from the era of The Day of the Jackal.
Collector Notes
This is the Dell mass-market paperback, catalog number 5420, published in March 1976. A bookseller currently identifies this edition as the first Dell printing and lists a Very Good+ example at $4.25.
The novel itself was originally published in the United States by Delacorte Press in 1975. The hardcover carries ISBN 0440048370 / 9780440048374.
The supplied cover is particularly representative of 1970s thriller design, with oversized typography, the motorcycle, rose and knife imagery, and the original $1.75 Dell cover price still visible.
