Printed on regular paper stock with some marginal browning, original pictorial wrappers by [Josh] Kirby, spine slightly toned but overall very good. 8vo.
Gilbert A3a 16.1
£150
The first paperback edition of the third James Bond novel.
Pan Books Ltd, 1958.
Out of stock
Printed on regular paper stock with some marginal browning, original pictorial wrappers by [Josh] Kirby, spine slightly toned but overall very good. 8vo.
Gilbert A3a 16.1
War, Invasion & Spy
First edition. Foreign Legion short stories.
London, John Murray, 1933
A fine first English edition of this compilation of Foreign Legion stories by the author of Beau Geste (1924), in the fabulous Art Deco design correctly priced at 7/6 on front flap. 'Very many of these men are examples of the "flawed blades" that have snapped, leaving little but the sheath that once contained the sword - spirits that have broken, leaving only a weary body.' (dust-jacket).
War, Invasion & Spy
Chatto & Windus, London, 1929 first edition
War, Invasion & Spy
First edition.
London. Hutchinson, [1940]
Part of the ‘First Novel’ series. Hutchinson’s First Novel Library would go on to publish a total of 139 titles in the series before ending in 1951, comprising first novels, often by authors using a pseudonym.