Eric Ambler / Background to Danger Signed 1st Edition 1937

Author: Ambler, Eric Title: Background to Danger Publication: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937 Edition: First Edition. Inscribed by Ambler on the title page. Orange cloth with brown ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a forward lean, a black stain near the fore-edge on the top edge, toned pages, clean internally.

Ambler's spy thriller that sees a recently bankrupt man take on a "small service" to pay off his debt that finds himself in the middle of a plot involving stolen Soviet secrets and a gang of German provocateurs. Adapted into the 1943 film of the same title starring George Raft. Near Fine / Very Good. Subject: Mystery & Detective Fiction.

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