Be Shot for Sixpence

Author: GILBERT, Michael (1912-2006)
Title: Be Shot for Sixpence
Publication: London: Hodder and Stoughton, [no date] Circa 1957

Description: [Modern Literature] THRILLER BOOK CLUB EDITION, early edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.223; [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 12s. 6d. to front flap. Toning to edges of textblock, rolling to spine, 10cm tear to jacket spine and other small tears archivally repaired, toning to jacket. Very good. 'Be Shot for Sixpence' is 'a thrilling fast-paced story of international intrigue', and it is one of the earliest of Gilbert's espionage stories.

Seller ID: 67866

Subject: Literature, Crime & Thrillers

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