"Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book"
— Stephan Mallarme
Traitors' Gate.
London: Hutchinson, 1958. [War-Time Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.383 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the title page: 'For | Eileen Cond | with very best wishes, | and all kind thoughts | from Dennis Wheatley.' Maps and plans to endpapers. Publisher's illustrated purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the matching dust-jacket illustrated by Sax. Discreet blue ink date to fly-leaf. A lovely crisp, clean copy, showing just a little spotting to edges, and some minor wear to the price-clipped jacket. Near fine. The sixth Gregory Sallust novel, set in 1942. 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, with a select clientele. Item #75369
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