James Bond First Editions

The Saint On The Spanish Main.

CHARTERIS, Leslie (1907-1993).

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. [Mystery collection] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (18.5 x 13cm), pp.190; [1], ad; [1], blank. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in gilt, with pictorial dust jacket designed by Jarvis, priced at 10s 6d. Contents and page edges clean, no inscriptions. Jacket lightly rubbed/worn to extremities, minor soiling to rear panel. Very good indeed. Simon Templar (aka The Saint) meets his match in the Caribbean when he comes up against a beautiful voodoo goddess, buried treasure -and sudden death. According to Paul Simpson (The Rough Guide to James Bond, p.47), 'The Saint' is a literary ancestor of 007, the debonair Simon Templar being a gentleman adventurer whose parallels with Bond are obvious. Item #72781

Haining; Crime Fiction p.80. Eric Quayle; Detective Fiction p116. Steinbrunner and Penzler p349-351.

Price: £75.00