Bob Delaney with Dave Scheiber (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Softcover. Very good, faint crease top right corner front cover. 276 pp. with index. Foreword by Bill Walton. Illustrated with photos. In 1975,must a year and a half into his career as a New Jersey State Trooper, Bob Delaney was was approached with a tantalizing undercover assignment ---infiltrate the Mob. Delaney accepted and became Bobby Covert, president of a North Jersey trucking company used by law enforcement as fly-paper for snagging wiseguys. He operated for three years undercover, even crossing paths with Joe Pistone (the real-life Donnie Brasco) thought neither knew the other was undercover. He gathered enough evident to convict 30 Mob members. But the psychological after-effects on Delaney were serious---he struggles with PTSD and Stockholm syndrome, went into a tailspin and found help only after a chance meeting with an old college psychology professor and a period of informal therapy. A former high school basketball officiator, he returned to the hardwood and eventually became a referee in the NBA.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Nice copy issued in hardcover in like dust jacket which has not been price clipped, $19.95. 276 pages with a few b/w pictures. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. A very nice copy. Selling quality books for 35 years. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good dust. First Edition. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends, light crease to first few pages of text else a bright and oslid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with light rubbing to edge, light bumping to spine ends, chip to bottom corner else bright and intact. FOLCAS 4/21; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. First edition. First printing [stated]. Glued binding. Paper over boards. xi, [1], 276 p. Illustrations, black & white. Index. Foreword by Bill Walton. From WIkipedia: "Bob Delaney (born November 1, 1951 in Paterson, New Jersey) is a former police officer and professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who officiated from the 1987-88 NBA season up until the 2010-11 NBA season. Delaney is a 1973 graduate of New Jersey City University with a Bachelor of Science degree in criminology. He is a 2006 inductee into NJCU's Athletics Hall of Fame. After finishing college, Delaney joined the New Jersey State Police. During the mid-1970s, Delaney worked as an undercover officer as part of an operation known as "Project Alpha". In the early 1980s, Delaney retired as a law enforcement officer and devoted full-time to becoming a basketball referee. In 2008, Delaney wrote about his undercover experience in Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob, with co-author Dave Scheiber. He completed a Master of Arts degree in leadership from Saint Mary's College of California." Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscription signed by both authors on fep. Publishers ephenera laid in.…