" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. [Thriller] ADVANCE REVIEW COPY, First US Edition. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[12] 451 [5]. Publisher's yellow soft covers, titled in red with black illustrations. Internally clean, with some toning to spine, and fairly light general rubbing and bumping. A few small chips to covers. Very good. The author's first mystery for adults, originally published in the UK in 1937, listed in Hubin, and a major influence upon novelist Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. Item #59724
GILBERT, Jon. Ian Fleming: The Bibliography [L9], p.616-7.
Price: £250.00