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Lot Closed
February 4, 02:06 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Eric Ambler
The Mask of Dimitrios. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939
FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original red cloth lettered in gilt, DUST-JACKET, occasional spotting, binding slightly skewed, spotting to edges, dust-jacket slightly soiled with extremities slightly frayed[together with:]
autograph postcard signed ("Eric Ambler") to Miss Cond noting that he will be delighted to sign a copy of The Dark Frontier and thanking her for telling her friends about the book, also noting that 'I understand that it is to be reprinted shortly', 23 August [1937], creased, postage stamp removed
LITERATURE
Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone
PROVENANCE
The Alexis Galanos Collection