The Busy Body (Signed and Inscribed Association Copy - From the Personal Library of Otto Penzler)
New York: Doubleday, 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #018539
ISBN: 0385062753
8vo., 155pp. Sharp Stated Second Printing of this humorous mystery. basis for the 1967 film starring Richard Pryor, Sid Caeser, Robert Ryan, Anne Baxter, and Dom DeLuis. Square, tight and clean throughout with no toning or foxing. Mild wear spine ends, edges and tips. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.95), has some mild surface rubbing and a couple of tiny closed edge-tears on the bottom rear panel. Still fresh and bight with no chipping or creases. Inscribed and signed on the front end-paper by the author to Otto Penzler, legendary editor and publisher, founder of the Mysterious Press and proprietor of the famed Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. "Otto,This busy body has a tired hand! Donald Westlake". At the time, Otto, a good friend, frequently had Westlake in to sign his books. A pleasing collectable copy with quite a nice association.
Price: $125.00