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Eric Ambler | First Editions
1909 - 1998
Eric Clifford Ambler OBE (28 June 1909 – 22 October 1998) was an influential British author, who contributed immensely to the thriller genre - particularly in terms of spy novels. Ambler also worked as a screenwriter, and co-wrote several books with Charles Rodda under the pseudonym 'Eliot Reed'.Born into a family of puppeteers, Ambler spent his early life in the entertainment industry helping his parents, before moving on to study engineering at Northampton Polytechnic in Islington - now known as City University, London. However, his upbringing as an entertainer proved dominant, and he soon began writing plays and other works. Ambler was staunchly anti-Fascist, and his political leanings can be highlighted in his early literature, with the sympathetic portrayal of Soviet agents. War and politics would continue to impact Ambler's fiction throughout his lifetime.
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Passage of Arms. Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) reader's report, favourably assessing the novel's potential for film adaptation, together with a First Edition book.
N.p. [London: Elstree Studios/ABPC], Heinemann, 1959. [Literary and cinematic critique] Elstree Studios' report on the Eric Ambler thriller, considering the novel as suitable for filming. 5pp., typed report on rectos only. Perforations down left edge from office binding. Very well preserved. Book is near fine in like jacket. A gun-running..... More
The Night-Comers. Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) reader's report, favourably assessing the novel's potential for film adaptation, together with a First Edition book.
N.p. [London: Elstree Studios/ABPC], Heinemann, 1956. [Literary and cinematic critique] Elstree Studios' report on the Eric Ambler thriller, considering the novel as suitable for filming. 3pp., typed report on rectos only. Perforations down left edge from office binding. Very well preserved. Book is near fine in like jacket. A gun-running..... More
A Coffin for Dimitrios.
New York: Knopf 1939. [Spy thriller] FIRST US EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[xiv]; 281; [1], ad. Publisher's pale green cloth blocked in red, top edge red, illustrated dust-wrapper. Contents clean but for marginal grease mark to final gathering, endpapers a little toned/marked, ink name and label to..... More
The Levanter.
New York: Atheneum, 1972. [Spy thriller] PROOF COPY / ADVANCE COPY of the first edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.310. Publisher's ARC in illustrated self-wraps. With presentation note to the title page; Danny, from / Eric Ambler / February 77 //. Fine throughout. Acclaimed thriller from..... More
The Light of Day.
London: Heinemann, 1959. ['Rogue school' thriller] SIGNED UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.247, with map endpapers bound in. Publisher's yellow softcovers printed in black. Autographed to title page in blue ink. Contents clean, spine gently rolled, some wear to joints covers dusty with some..... More
The Mask Of Dimitrios.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1944. [Spy thriller] A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel. Sixth printing. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth blocked with white titles to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper with classic artwork by Barlow. Internally very clean with no spotting of browning, discreet ownership to free endpaper, corner of same..... More
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The Night-Comers [two copies].
London: Pan Books/Fontana, 1959, 1970. [Thriller] PAPERBACK EDITIONS, the first without Ian Fleming quote, the second with Fleming review on rear cover and supporting quote from Graham Greene to front. Octavos (18 x 11cm), in publisher's sofcovers. No ink names, lightly handled, a little soiling to later copy. Very good..... More
The Night-Comers.
London: William Heinemann, 1956. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, superb association. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 233. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in decorative dust-jacket designed by Judith Bledsoe, priced at 13/6. With author's ink note to flyleaf; Roy and Joan. / with love / Eric..... More
The October Man / Mutiny On The Bounty. Two black & white press photographs.
Two Cities / Eagle-Lion Films, 1948 / 1962. [Mystery Noir thriller / Historical adventure] Two black & white bordered press photos, each measuring 10 x 8 inches, one being an individual frames taken from the movie 'October Man', the other a promotional portrait of the author at work on a...... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback black cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, a few small marks and some splashing to edges of text block, lightly used jacket with a couple of short edge tears. A...... More
Passage of Arms.
New York: Knopf, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.228. Publisher's salmon pink hardback cloth binding blocked in red and gilt, in two pictorial dust-jackets priced $3.95- one of which was supposedly a trial jacket and not issued, but in reality very many copies came with..... More
Passage of Arms.
New York: Knopf, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST US EDITION, ADVANCE COPY with exclusive 'Advertising' jacket. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.228. Publisher's salmon pink hardback cloth binding blocked in red and gilt, in typographic jacket with promotional blurb and text to front panel only. A fine copy in a near fine..... More
Send No More Roses.
London: Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, 1977. [Spy thriller] PROOF COPY of the first edition. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.269; [1], blank. Publisher's illustrated orange wraps, with provisional details printed in black to front panel. Minor spine lean else near fine. Acclaimed thriller from a master of the genre, regarded as one..... More
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[James Bond novels] Group of Anthologies and Omnibus editions, with entire or partial content from Ian Fleming. Comprising The Spy's Bedside Book (1957), To Catch A Spy (1965), Reader's Digest Condensed Books (1966), Three Great Adventure Stories (1972), Great Stories of Mystery & Suspense (1977), Dr. No & From Russia, With Love (1984), James Bond 007 (1988), Octopussy & 007 In New York (2008), Quantum of Solace (2008).
UK/USA: various, 1957-2008. [Spy stories] 10 volumes, octavos. First editions or first editions thus (Bedside Book and Three Great Adventure Stories are second printings). Various publisher bindings in hardback or softcovers. Contents clean, one has a bookplate, one with owner name, one with owner stamp, jackets lightly are handled, one..... More
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To Catch A Spy [3 copies]. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: Four Square & Fontana, New York: Bantam, 1966, 1974, 1966. [Spy Anthology] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITIONS; first UK, first Fontana edition and first U.S printings. Bibliographer's copies. Octavos, publisher's pictorial softcovers. No inscriptions, book store stamp inside cover of Bantam edition, contents toned as expected, very light wear to covers..... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. [Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey. Contents clean, jacket with a little of the usual laminate shrinkage to joints, rich red lettering to spine, price clipped else a fine copy. Contains..... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
New York: Atheneum, 1964. [Anthology] FIRST U.S. EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's hardcovers, gilt titles to spine, black endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey priced at $4.50. With autograph of Eric Ambler to half-title. A clean, near fine copy in similar jacket. Contains Ian..... More
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[James Bond novels] Group of Anthologies and each with content from Ian Fleming. Comprising To Catch A Spy (1966), Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels (1986, and revised edition 2004), Headline Book of Spy Fiction (1992), Oxford Book of Spy Stories (1996).
UK/USA: various, 1966-1996. [Spy stories] 5 volumes, octavos. Publisher's softcovers. All FIRST EDITIONS or first printings thus. Contents clean, no ink names. Generally very good to fine copies. Contains the James Bond stories Risico, From A View To A Kill, and Octopussy, plus extracts from the first Bond novel Casino..... More
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