Laughing Policeman Martin Beck by Sjowall Maj, First Edition (2 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Vintage Printing. Ex-library with usual stamps, labels, and markings. The library has rebound this paperback in black cloth with the front cover pasted on the front board. A used but solid reading copy. ; Translated from the Swedish by Alan Blair. ; Ex-Library; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 220 pages; "On a dismal rainy night in November, while Stockholm police are battling a mob of antiwar protesters, nine people are brutally murdered in a double-decker bus. The clues suggest a motiveless crime of violence. But the unexplained presence on the bus of Officer Ake Stenstrom, friend and colleague of Superintendent Martin Beck of the Stockholm Homicide Squad, points to more complicated motives of revenge or concealment.".

Hardcover. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 10 Volumes. In Good to Very Good condition with Good to Very Good condition dust jackets. Dust jackets of all Volumes are wrapped in mylar coverings and mild shelving wear. Dust jacket of Volume 1 has moderate wear along the head and tail edges, chipping along the front joint corner, and mild wear along the spine head and tail. Dust jacket of Volume 2 has a numbered sticker on the front mylar covering, mild wear along the head edge, staining on the front and rear covers, moderate wear along the fore head corners, and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Dust jacket of Volume 3 has chipping along the front head and tail edges, a small tear along the rear cover tail, moderate wear along the spine head and tail edges, and mild age-toning. Dust jacket of Volume 4 has mild wear along the head edges, mild wear along the fore corners, and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Dust jacket of Volume 5 has mild wear along the fore corners, mild wear along the rear fore edge, mild wear along the spine head and tail edges, and mild age-toning. Dust jacket of Volume 6 has mild wear along the head edges, staining along the rear fore edge, mild wear along the fore corners, and mild wear along the spine head and tail. Dust jacket of Volume 7 has mild wear along the head edges, mild wear along the fore corners, and mild wear along the spine head and tail. Dust jacket of Volume 8 has mild wear along the head and tail edges, staining on the rear cover, mild wear along the fore corners, moderate wear along the front cover flap, and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Dust jacket of Volume 9 has mild wear along the fore corners and spine head and tail. Dust jacket of Volume 10 has mild wear along the rear head edge, staining on the front tail corner, mild wear along the fore corners, and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Boards of Volume 1 have mild age-toning on the edges, bending on the tail edge, and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Boards of Volume 2 have moderate age-toning along the edges, mild wear along the fore corners, and mild wear along the spine head and tail. Boards of Volume 3 have moderate age-toning along the edges and mild wear along the spine head and tail. Boards of Volume 4 have mild wear along the rear tail edge, mild wear along the fore corners, and mild wear along the spine head and tail. Boards of Volume 5 have mild age-toning along the edges, mild wear along the head and tail edges, and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Boards of Volume 6 are bound in a dark navy blue cloth, have mild age-toning along the edges, staining on the front tail, and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Boards of Volume 7 are wrapped in publisher's burgundy cloth, have mild staining, mild age-toning along the head and tail edges, and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Boards of Volume 8 have mild wear along the head and tail edges and along the spine head and tail. Boards of Volume 9 have mild wear along the edges and mild wear and bending along the spine head and tail edges. Boards of Volume 10 have staining along the front and rear boards, bending along the fore head corner, and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock of Volume 1 has faded pencil markings on the front end-page and pastedown, moderate age-toning along the edges, purple staining on the head edge, and spotted staining on the head edge. Textblock of Volume 2 has moderate age-toning, mild wear along the tail edge, staining along the tail edge, and heavily age-toned blue staining on the head edge. Textblock of Volume 3 has mild adhesive staining on the front and rear end-pages and pastedowns, moderate age-toning along the edges, and black staining on the head edge. Textblock of Volume 4 has pencil markings on the front pastedown, moderate age-toning along the edges, and mild foxing on the head edge. Textblock of Volume 5 has staining on the rear end-page and mild age-.