James Bond First Editions

The Saint Goes West. Some Further Exploits of Simon Templar.

CHARTERIS, Leslie (1907-1993).

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1942. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.222; [1], advert. Publisher's pale blue cloth in original dust-wrapper priced at 8/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions, minor rubs to extremities of binding and jacket, frayed to spine tips of jacket. Very good indeed. Uncommon. Three Saintly American adventures in Arizona, Palm Springs and Hollywood. 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 #72784

Price: £135.00