Betteridge (Don, pseud. Bernard Newman) Balkan Spy
£395
London, Herbert Jenkins, [1942].
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The first of fourteen ‘Tiger Lester’ titles, written under the pseudonym “Don Betteridge”, in an attractive dust-jacket.
In stock
Very lightly damp-affected with offsetting from jacket illustration, dust-jacket priced 7’6, worn at spine ends and fore-corners with some loss.
Jacket artwork by Sinclair.
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