The Levanter.
New York: Atheneum, 1972. [Spy thriller] PROOF COPY / ADVANCE COPY of the first edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.310. Publisher's ARC in illustrated self-wraps. With presentation note to the title page; Danny, from / Eric Ambler / February 77 //. Fine throughout. Acclaimed thriller from a master of the genre, "The pioneer of the sophisticated espionage novel and widely regarded as the inventor of the modern political thriller" [Gilbert; Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.634]. This late-period Ambler suspense was the winner of the 1972 Gold Dagger, awarded by the Crime Writers Association. From the Jon Gilbert collection (pencil ownership within). Item #67649
HUBIN; Crime Fiction IV p26-7.
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