"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1949]. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.432. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'For | Min Bowring | with kindest thoughts | from her old friend | Dennis Wheatley.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Colour map endpapers. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 12/6. Gentle toning and spotting to edges, otherwise internally clean, with some light general wear to cloth. Bright jacket just a little toned and sunned to spine, with some light wear to edges. Very good. The third Roger Brook spy adventure, set during the early stages of the French Revolution between April 1789 and July 1790. Item #75835
Price: £150.00
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