THE ABILITY TO KILL AND OTHER PIECES - INSCRIBED, WITH CORRESPONDENCE

by Eric Ambler

$1,250 · Offered by Captain Ahab's Rare Books · No longer available

First edition · Signed

London: The Bodley Head Ltd., 1963. First Edition. Item #6890 First Impression, second state of the text, with the suppressed chapter on the John Bodkin Adams murder trial potentially libelous replaced with that of James Hanratty. Octavo 20.5cm ; red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 10 ,11-222, 2 pp. Inscribed by Ambler in a contemporary hand on the front

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