Book VG; d/j torn with loss to inside front flap, slight edge wear.
Jacket artwork by Youngman Carter.
Hubin listed and features serial character Inspector Gil Flicker. Author’s last crime novel.
£275
London, Harrap, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price from inside flap removed by clumsy tear.
An uncommon dust-jacket by jacket legend Youngman Carter, in better condition than normally found.
In stock
Book VG; d/j torn with loss to inside front flap, slight edge wear.
Jacket artwork by Youngman Carter.
Hubin listed and features serial character Inspector Gil Flicker. Author’s last crime novel.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Michael Joseph, 1945.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A very good first UK edition of aviator Ernest Gann's exciting, realistic aeronautic adventure set in the far north of Canada.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Columbine, [1939].
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, overlaid price of 5/- on spine and lower panel.
Aviation thriller about a missing bomber; the jacket extolls the author's virtues enthusiastically, but nevertheless this is the only title we can locate by this author.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Chapman & Hall, 1955.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 12s.6.
A very good first edition of the second book in Waughs' Sword of Honour trilogy, loosed derived from the author's own wartime experiences.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6.
The last espionage novel by this prolific author who famously enjoyed the high-life. A rousing tale of the quest for world peace via the machinations of Italian Fascism.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Robert Hale, 1952 [1953].
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 9/6.
Good first UK edition of this tale of romance and espionage, 'a breath-taking romance loaded with the dynamite of military secrets and international intrigue.' (jacket blurb)