James Bond First Editions

The Train.

SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989).

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964. [Suspense novel] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.142; [2], blank. Translated from the French by Robert Baldick. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the striking dust-jacket designed by Youngman Carter priced at 12/6. Contents clean, some browning to rear enpape and flap, jacket with a couple of neat tears at crown. Shows well. One of Simenon's psychological thrillers, set aboard a Belgian evacuation train in May 1940. Simenon was clearly an influence on Ian Fleming; the pair met in Switzerland (1960) and their conversation was recorded in Harper's Bazaar (1964). Item #73142

Haining; The Classic Era of Crime Fiction p167 (2002), Steinbrunner & Penzler; Ency.of Mystery & Detection, p363-5 (1976). Eric Quayle; The. Collectors Book of Detective Fiction p.99, 115. (1972). Gilbert p.651.

Price: £48.00