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The Secret War.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1937]. [Espionage thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288 [48]. Publisher's catalogue dated Spring 1937. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the title page: 'For | M. W.P. Hawkin | with all good wishes | from | Dennis Wheatley.' Publisher's red cloth with titles in black to spine and upper, and an illustrated map to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Abbey, priced at 7/6 to spine. Heavy spotting to edges, otherwise internally crisp and clean. Bright jacket shows some minor scratches to front panel, light wear to edges, and some spotting to spine. Very good. A sweeping epic of espionage and adventure set against the backdrop of the Italian invasion of Abyssinia. Chuck in a pretty aviatrix, a couple of chaps who think she's absolutely swell, an evil Arab slaver, some shady Germans, fat industrialists making cash off other people's suffering and 'gallant Lieutenant Count Giulio Dolomenchi of the Italian Death Squadron', and you have enough material for three books by anyone else. Item #73565
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