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“SUSPENSEFUL, DRAMATIC”: FIRST EDITION OF BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON, SIGNED BY DEMILLE

DEMILLE, Nelson. By the Rivers of Babylon. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1978). Octavo, original black paper-covered boards, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket.

First edition of DeMille’s first major novel, boldly signed by him on the title page.

Nelson DeMille’s popular novel, with its drama of Mideast terrorism, won immediate praise as a work whose narrative was skillfully crafted, “suspenseful, dramatic. Propels the reader into a timely story that could be news rather than fiction” (Houston Chronicle). A fine copy.