East of Kashgar

256pp, 16pp publisher's ads. Blue cloth-covered boards, black titles on spine. Sun fade spine, mottles. Bumped spine ends. Cocked. Text block edges foxing. Previous owner's details blind embossed on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 12mo. Laid-in compliments slip from the publisher reads "Sent at the special request of Captain Webster". "A secret service story, the action of which takes place in little-known parts of Asia. It reveals the author's peculiar knowledge of out-of-the-way corners of the world and the men who work there".