The Light of Day

by Eric Ambler

$75 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: William Heinemann, 1962. Crime novel FIRST EDITION. Octavo 20 x 14cm , pp. vi ; 247; 3 , blank. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in white to spine, cartographic endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Leslie Needham, priced at 18s. A moderately used copy; no ink inscriptions, edges spotted, some soiling to jacket. 'Rogue school' thriller; an engaging suspense about a bumbling petty thief caught up in an international jewel heist, reviewed

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