The Third Hour
£38 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books
First edition
Lonsdon: Chatto & Windus, 1937. Thriller FIRST EDITION. Octavo 20 x 13cm , pp.452. Green cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt. This is a secondary binding for The Times stamped as such to rear endpaper . No other stamps/inscriptions, contencts clean, spine lettering a little dulled; very good. The author's first mystery for adults, listed in Hubin, and a major influence upon novelist Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. This copy is from the comprehensive
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