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MAURER, David W.
The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1940.
First edition of this classic study of con men, basis for the film The Sting directed by George Roy Hill starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford and Robert Shaw. Octavo, original cloth. Review copy, with the letter and notes from the publisher, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the rare wrap around band.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 146060
