Martyn (Wyndham) Capture
£225
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1940.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The name’s Bond…Christopher Bond – great jacket artwork on this spy thriller, complete with villainous Nazis.
In stock
Cloth softened at head of spine but overall very good; jacket with some loss to corners at spine, otherwise very good.
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London, Herbert Jenkins, [1947].
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