Detective Fiction Including The Alexis Galanos Collection
Detective Fiction Including The Alexis Galanos Collection
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February 4, 02:05 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Eric Ambler
Epitaph for a Spy. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ("To Mr Edgeley | with best wishes from | Eric Ambler") on title-page, original light blue cloth lettered in black, DUST-JACKET, binding soiled and faded, slightly skewed, dust-jacket frayed at extremities with minor loss
A presentation copy of the author's third novel, reviewed by the Sunday Times as "a spy story of outstanding merit".
PROVENANCE
The Alexis Galanos Collection