Bruce KNEALE / Appointment in Cairo Signed 1st Edition

Author: KNEALE, Bruce Title: Appointment in Cairo Publication: London: Evans and Brothers, 1950. Description: [Espionage thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION.

Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. Light toning to spine, corresponding to jacket losses.

Jacket sunned to spine, with a series of significant losses to spine and front cover, and rubbing and chipping to edges. The first novel published by the Australian journalist, then based in London. Subject: Literature, Crime & Thrillers, Signed & Inscribed. Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971.

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