1st edition, first impression. 320pp. In publisher's blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Boards a little rubbed and rubbed on corners and spine ends. Previous owner's inscription flamboyantly on front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, rubbed and chipped on edges and folds, with minor loss around corners and spine ends, some spotting on verso, price clipped. Dust jacket now protected in an archival quality Mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape of adhesives. A very presentable, sound first edition copy of MacLean's 4th novel, his first venture into spy thrillers.
Modern Fiction Firsts, thrillers, fiction, novels
