TAKE A THIEF

Daw, New York, 2001, 1st/1st.  Daw Books Collector No. 1199.  ISBN 0-7564-0008-2.  Hard cover, 351 pages.  Blue boards with blue lettering on silver cloth spine; very light edge and spine end wear, small ding on front board near upper fore-edge; binding sound with head and heel bands.  Dust jacket with price intact has a bit of edge and cover wear; small scrape at upper flap fold.  Book interior clean and unmarked; a bit of soil and age spotting on outer page block.  ‘By the time Skif was twelve, he was an accomplished cat burglar and one of the leaders of Bazie’s gang. … Light on his feet, silent as a ghost, small enough to slip through protective window bars, his “take” had evolved from silk hankies slipped from laundries and pockets to gold and silver jewelry stolen from “hidden” cupboards in affluent houses.  But it wasn’t until Skif decided to steal a finely tacked-out white horse, which was standing unattended in the street, that this young thief discovered that the tables could turn on him – and that he himself could be stolen! (from rear flap)