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, priced at 12/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions, top edge a little dusty/spotted. A near fine copy in a fine, fresh jacket. 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 #72049
Haining; Crime Fiction p.80. Eric Quayle; Detective Fiction p116. Steinbrunner and Penzler p349-351.
Price: £120.00
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