First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Abbey illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with toning to the war-economy paper stock are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that has a couple of short closed tears and is marked to the far edge lower panel but is otherwise without fading or loss. Correctly priced 10/6 net to the front flap. An attractive example.
Inscribed by the author in black ink on the title page "For S. R. Fuller / with very best wishes / from / Dennis Wheatley". The fifth of the Gregory Sallust novels.
Stock code: 21751
£375
London: Hutchinson.
1942