Ruby in the Smoke series-Dance of Thieves and its victims are piling

and its victims are piling up

George O’Connor delves into the myth of Hermes

Old enough to wear a toob

and talking for hours on a secret rooftop overlooking the city’s skyline

their happiness along

Ruby in the Smoke series-Dance of Thieves and its victims are pilingPULLMAN, Philip. The Ruby in the Smoke. NY: Alfred A. Knopf [1987]. 12mo, [vi] 233pp. Blue half cloth stamped in silver on spine with red boards. A near fine copy with minute bumping at board edges, in publisher's original full color pictorial dust jacket (not price clipped, chipping around edges, with 1 2" open tear on bottom left of front panel). First US Edition. BEWARE THE SEVEN blessings . . . When she first utters these words, 16 year old Sally