Inscribed on the title page " For Bruce Garland, Matt Scudder's man at the track - All the best, Lawrence Block 1.24.00" Garland, noted collector of Wiseiana, was then the senior executive vice-president for the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority . Laid - in is an invitation to a dinner party to celebrate the inaugural running of the Matt Scudder Stakes on Nov. 15, 1997. There are also three 8.5" x11" broadsides for the inaugural Matt Scudder Stakes each signed by Lawrence Block. The book contains 71 stories in all, including three collections previously unpublished in the UK and 14 new stories. There was not an American edition. Cover features the World Trade Center. Three of the stories feature Bernie Rhodenbarr the antiquarian bookman who happens to be a burglar. xi, i, 754 pages. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo.
