"Rarest Lawrence Block" Questions answered

[Hornblower]

In response to a number of e-mailed queries about the rare Lawrence
Block book which I have listed on eBay:

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1. Reverse of title page states "First Printing".

2. The photo on the back of the dust-jacket is described (both on the
back dj flap and on the reverse of the last page of the book in these
words:

"LAWRENCE BLOCK, shown on the back jacket pretending to read a filthy
book to his two innocent children has written several novels under
various aliases, low ceilings and threats of exposure. He divides his
time between a New York apartment and a farm in New Jersey, and his
activities in both places are too nefarious to contemplate. However any
resemblance between Lawrence Block, author, and Laurence Clarke, hero of
RONALD RABBIT IS A DIRTY OLD MAN, is entirely."

3. The book's dedication reads:

For my fa CYNARA shion

Hope this helps,

Michael