"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "
— Oscar Wilde
Destination Unknown.
London: The Crime Club, by Collins, 1954. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the green typographic dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. No ink names, contents clean, edges toned, jacket lightly worn at extremities lightly soiled to rear panel. Very good. Secret Service thriller from the Queen of Crime; When a number of leading scientists disappear without trace, concern grows within the intelligence agency. When the only possible lead dies in a plane crash, a British spy must persuade a potential suicide that if she must die, it may as well be in the service of her country. Published as 'So Many Steps to Death' in the USA. Published 1st November 1954. This it the first edition in book form; an abridged serialisation appeared in John Bull Magazine, September - October 1954. Item #73544
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