Call for the Saint

by Leslie Charteris

£175 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1948. Crime caper FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo 20 x 14cm , pp.253; 2 , advertisements; 1 , blank. Elegantly hand-bound in half dark blue calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands. Contents clean with some gentle spotting to prelims/final leaf. Exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Simon Templar, alias The Saint, on

  • Binding: Leather

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