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Background To Danger
by Ambler, Eric
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1937. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. octavo, 280 pages; tanning to inner and outer hinges; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $2.00 on front flap, small loss at spine ends, light wear at extremities; soiling to rear panel of dust jacket. First American Edition, stated. Owner name and date on FFEP. Author's first book, and source of the 1943 movie,starring George Raft and Sydney Greenstreet.
Synopsis
Eric Ambler is often said to have invented the modern suspense novel. Beginning in 1937, he wrote a series of novels that were touted for their realism, in which he introduced ordinary protagonists who are thrust into political intrigue they are ill prepared to deal with. In the process he paved the way for such writers as John Le Carre, Len Deighton, and Robert Ludlum. He was awarded four Gold Daggers and a Diamond Dagger from The Crime Writers Association, named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers Association, and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth. In addition to his novels, Ambler wrote a number of screenplays, including Rebecca , which he collaborated on with his wife, Joan Harrison. Eric Ambler died in 1998.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09353
- Title
- Background To Danger
- Author
- Ambler, Eric
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A . Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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