The Dark Street

by Peter Cheyney

£45 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Collins, 1944. Spy novel FIRST EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.191; 1 , blank. Publisher's yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. A near fine copy in a lightly used jacket with a couple of chips to spine ends. Shows well. A counter-espionage adventure from a spy writer who influenced James Bond; mystery novelist Anthony Boucher compared Fleming's writing style to that of Peter Cheyney New York Times, 25th

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