Published by Hutchinson, 1959
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 41.51
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression of this attractive omnibus volume. VG with dustiness to top edge of page block and slight knocks to bottom corners, in Good+ jacket, unclipped fresh with some edge rubbing and a few small nicks at edges and foldovers.
US$ 96.86
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this thrilling novel from British author Dennis Wheatley. First edition. Following British secret agent Gregory Sallust, who is tasked with infiltrating a Nazi organisation in Switzerland to disrupt their plans for a devastating chemical attack. He must navigate a web of double agents, betrayals, and plots. Written by Dennis Yates Wheatley, a prolific British writer of thrillers and occult novels who was one of the world's best-selling authors from the 1930s through to the 1960s. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor fading to the head of the spine. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Loss to the head of the spine with the odd small crease. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. book.
Published by Hutchinson & Company (Publishers ) Ltd. London, 1959
Seller: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First (omnibus) edition thus (preceded by individual hardcover releases from 1934, 1936 and 1959 among others) first printing of a fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket with minor wear to the extremities, a crease on the rear cover at the bottom, two small closed tears on the spine at the bottom and one small closed tear on the back cover at the top. Collects three full novels in the Gregory Sallust adventure series, a British agent battling the Nazis, sometimes dabbling in the occult. The novels collected are the 1st, "Black August" 1934, the 2nd, "Contraband" 1936, and the 8th, "The Island Where Time Stands Still" 1954.