The Day of the Jackal, Forsyth, Frederick. Published by Franklin Mystery Press, 1987. 306pp. with 3-page fold-out diagram of rifle and shooter. Blue boards with silver illustration front and rear; silver titles on banded spine, all edges silver; mapped endpapers; page fold-out diagram of weapon. In fine, unread condition with tiny scratches to gilt on outer lower edge.
A political thriller about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organization, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.
