Gainham (Sarah, pseud. Rachel Ames) The Mythmaker
£85
London, Arthur Baker, 1957.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d.
A spy novel set, as with many of Gainham’s books, in Vienna. Uncommon in jacket.
Out of stock
Book itself very good; jacket with some creasing and minor resultant tears to head of upper panel, but overall very good.
Jacket artwork by John Dugan.
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