The Secret Service Man & Heart Cut Diamond

Two first edition thriller novels by Sydney Horler, 'Heart Cut Diamond' and 'The Secret Service Man'. Two compelling thriller spy novels by Sydney Horler, both first editions of these works.Heart Cut Diamond was published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1929.The Secret Service Man was published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1929.Sydney Horler (1888-1954) was a British novelist who specialised in thrilling spy novels. His work was heavily influenced by other mid twentieth-century crime and spy novels by authors like Edgar Wallace. During the course of his life, he published one hundred and fifty-eight novels.Uniformly bound in the publisher's original orange cloth. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, sound, with some light shelf wear and darkening to the cloth on 'Heart Cut Diamond'. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, front hinge is strained to 'The Secret Service Man'. Remaining binding is generally firm. A few spots to the pages and fore-edges, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good.