Eric Ambler | Cause for Alarm, 1938-39, first English and first American editions

Eric Ambler

Two copies of Cause for Alarm, comprising:

Cause for Alarm. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original light blue cloth lettered in black, DUST-JACKET, binding soiled and faded, spotted and soiled dust-jacket frayed at extremities with minor loss to head and foot of spine, adhesive tape repairs to reverse;

Cause for Alarm. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939, first American edition, 8vo, original green cloth lettered in red, DUST-JACKET, binding slightly faded and soiled, browning and adhesive tape marks to endpapers, dust-jacket frayed at extremities, creases and extensive repairs to reverse

PROVENANCE

The Alexis Galanos Collection