First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket. Board edges and spine ends are discoloured, and page block is tanned. Binding is sound and pages are clear throughout. LW
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One of Amblers most ambitious and best --The Observer
Ambler has done it again ... deliciously plausible --The Guardian
Eric Ambler began his writing career in the early 1930s, and quickly established a reputation as a thriller writer of extraordinary depth and originality. He is often credited as the inventor of the modern political thriller. Ambler began his working life at an engineering firm, then as a copywriter at an advertising agency, while in his spare time he worked on his ambition to become a playwright. His first novel was published in 1936 and as his reputation as a novelist grew he turned to writing full time. During the war he was seconded to the Army Film Unit, where he wrote, among other projects, The Way Ahead with Peter Ustinov. He moved to Hollywood in 1957 and during his eleven years there scripted some memorable films, including A Night to Remember and The Cruel Sea, which won him an Oscar nomination. In a career spanning over sixty years, Eric Ambler wrote nineteen novels and was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award for Passage of Arms in 1960. He was married to Joan Harrison, who wrote or co-wrote many of Alfred Hitchcock’s screenplays – in fact Hitchcock organized their wedding. Eric Ambler died in London in October 1998.
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Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Pale green bindng. edges of binding and spine are faded. 269pp. Content clean, bright and sound. Seller Inventory # 100143
Seller: Tall Stories Book & Print Gallery, ROCK HILL, SC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine hardcover with near fine unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Seller Inventory # ABE-1699022787495
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. First U.K. edition: "First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld and Nicolson," stated. The book is unmarked; slight spine slant; corners and spine ends unbumped; uneven fading to the front board. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price 3.95 pounds); minor edgewear; Brodart protected. Seller Inventory # 016345
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0297772775I3N01
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 269p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 291825
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 269p. ; 23cm. Subjects: Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 291825
Seller: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a near fine hardcover with a bit of colour fading to the extremities in a near fine dustjacket with minor wear to the extremities. Featuring "Able Criminal" Paul Ferman and the three people determined to stop him, taking place in the Mediterranean. Finalist for 1977 Gold Dagger Award. Also published as "The Siege Of The Villa Lipp". Seller Inventory # 1012