THE SILVER MISTRESS

First US edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original black cloth with red foil titles to the spine, no dustwrapper, as issued. Housed in a slipcase. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the very lightly rubbed slipcase.

Issued in a limited edition of 250, this example is numbered 129 and signed by Peter O'Donnell in black ink on the limitation page. The seventh 'Modesty Blaise' novel featuring a female spy with a criminal past who first appeared in O'Donnell's 'Modesty Blaise' comic strip in The Evening Standard and went on to star in numerous novels, short stories and films.