Trust The Saint.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1962. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.188; [1], advertisement. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by T. Wardill. Neat bookplate of Saint collector Allan Rinde (stickman design) beneath flap. Contents clean and fresh, no ink names, jacket is price clipped. Near fine. Short episodes with the gentleman adventurer, including 'The Helpful Pirate' and 'The Intemperate Reformer'. Simon Templar was willing to learn from everyone he met -including a cocktail party bore, and a cleaning lady. Between them, without realising it, they gave him the idea he needed -a method of murder so sure, yet so innocent-looking, that no one would ever know. Item #71759
Haining; Crime Fiction p.80. Eric Quayle; Detective Fiction p116. Steinbrunner and Penzler p349-351.
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