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The Silent Hostage

Author(s):

Gainham, Sarah

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Good

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

N/A

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

1st Edition

Impression:

1st Impression

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Eyre & Spottiswoode

Publication Year:

1960

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

041671

Catalogue(s):

Fiction – Crime, Mysteries and Thrillers ◇ Modern Fiction Firsts

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First edition, first impression. 224pp. Pictorial, laminated strong card boards. 8vo. Boards are slightly bowed and there’s a little lifting of the lamination around the spine. Hint of spotting on text block edges Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

An unusual style of binding for a jacketless hardback. A hard to find title. Sarah Gainham was the pen name of Rachel Ames (nee Stainer), best remembered for her trilogy of novels about life in Vienna under Nazi rule which began with Night Falls on the City. But earlier in her writing career, she produced absorbing and compelling spy thriller. The Silent Hostage was her fifth novel

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