James Bond First Editions

The Saint Abroad

CHARTERIS, Leslie (1907-1993).

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1970. [Crime novellas] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191; [1], advertisement. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket by Studio Stead, priced at 12s./£1.25. No inscriptions, some light foxing, more so to edges of text block, jacket without chips or tears, not faded to spine, a little improved with some expert touch-up to rubs. A very good copy indeed. Containing two Saintly holiday adventures. This is the fourth Saint book to feature novelisations of Saint stories originally created for the 1960s television series starring Roger Moore; described as 'a hybrid' experiment by Leslie Charteris, in which the 'style was as close to my own', and being 'tolerably well received'. Rather scarce, with many copies entering the lending libraries and stamped thus. Item #66621

Eric Quayle; Detective Fiction. BARER, Burl. The Saint in Print, Radio, Film & TV, p.398.

Price: £125.00