THE FACE OF THE LION

by John Blackburn

$50 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape, 1976 . Octavo, decorated white wrappers printed in light brown and black. Advance copy uncorrected proof of the first edition. A thriller featuring a madman bent on building his own atomic bomb and a plague virus capable of wiping out the population of the Western world. Wrappers a bit dusty, a nearly fine copy. #163971

• Binding: Wrappers

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