The Saint Sees it Through

Author: CHARTERIS, Leslie (1907-1993)
Title: The Saint Sees it Through
Publication: London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947

Description: [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Elegantly hand-bound in half tan calf over publisher's cloth sides with 'The Saint' stick man motif and book title blocked in black, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, two brown morocco labels. A few very light marks. Near fine, in an attractive recent leather binding. Simon Templar, alias The Saint, fights an international dope ring. According to Paul Simpson (The Rough Guide to James Bond, p.47), 'The Saint' is a literary ancestor of 007, the debonair Simon Templar being a gentleman adventurer whose parallels with Bond are obvious.

Steinbrunner & Penzler, pp.349-351. See also Gilbert, p.616.

Seller ID: 67907

Subject: Literature, Crime & Thrillers



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