Act of Passion. Translated from the French

by Louise Varese by George Simenon, Louise Varese

£95 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1953. Thriller FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, first impression. Octavo 19 x 14cm , pp.224; 2 , blank. Publisher's pale blue cloth with red titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced 10s 6d. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket with some minor creases and short tears, mostly to top of rear panel. Very good indeed. A dark psychological account of a man overcome by buried passions who becomes a murderer.

• Printing: first

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