"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1922. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.318. With illustrated maps to endpapers. Publisher's blue cloth with dark blue titles to spine and upper board. Large black ink gift inscription to half title, dated 1922. Spotting to edges and endpapers. Light rubbing to board edges; spine and rear board lightly sunned. Very good. The first Dickson McCunn novel. Splendid stuff, stuffed to the gills with white lipped determination, cheeky Scots urchins, a keen overview of the world's contemporary social and political climate, tweed, fruit cake, and that staple of all great adventure; surly, evil, limping foreigners. Item #54044
Price: £68.00