The Saint Vs. Scotland Yard
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1953. Book Club Edition. hardcover. 8vo 191pp. 25th Anniversary Crime Club Classics. from front flap: "That buccaneer in a dinner jacket, that debonair rogue of criminal detection, Simon Templar--alias "The Saint"--turns again to the world of crime in the hope of uncovering sufficient funds specifically for income taxes and generally to maintain his exquisite tastes in food, wine, and women. Striding with new energy to his perennial battle with Claud Eustace Teal, the gum-chewing Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard, the Saint is soon in the midst of mayhem, high-scale heisting, and murder." Book VG: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, toning and offset to paste downs and endpapers, text clean, binding tight. / DJ VG-: age toning, spine sunned, not clipped. Item #2532
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Price: $12.00