The Premier

by Georges Simenon, Daphne Woodward

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

First edition

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. Mystery novel FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, first impression. Octavo 20 x 13cm , pp.156. Publisher's deep orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Youngman carter, clipped and re-priced at 7s.6d. from 12s. 6d . Contents clean, edges toned, no ink names. Jacket gently browned at rear. Near fine, but for usual fading to spine. A classic suspense novel, featuring an old former French Premier waiting

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