The Spring of Malice.

HARRIS, John (1916-1991).

London: Hutchinson, 1962. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.349 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's brown cloth with silver and red titles to spine, a red device stamped to upper, and grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Peter Chadwick, priced at 18s. Miss Cond's usual exemplary condition, with a small blue ink date note to fly-leaf. Jacket with a few small rub marks. Fine. A contemporary spy novel focusing on a plot to assassinate an important American general in Paris. Well-known as a prominent collector of modern firsts, Miss Cond was also a correspondent of Ian Fleming, and the first Secretary to the James Bond Fan Club. During the 1950s, Miss Cond ran an 18th-century royal hunting lodge converted to country house hotel at Deer Park, Honiton, Devon (hence the bookplate design), with a select clientele. Item #59100

Price: £125.00