NMLP P-036582 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19
The Hot Rock
Donald E. Westlake · Simon & Schuster (New York) · 1970
Book-club editions of this era are typically identifiable by a blind-stamped dot or square on the rear board and by a jacket with no printed price on the front flap. The specific book-club tell was not independently confirmed, so rely on the general points and the absence of the stated FIRST PRINTING line.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-036582 for "The Hot Rock" by Donald E. Westlake (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036582, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).