TAFFRAIL, H Taprell DORLING / Eurydice Signed 1st Edition

Author: TAFFRAIL pseudonym of H. Description: [Wartime adventure] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Crown Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, blocked in white, in full-colour dust-wrapper illustrated by Bip Pares, priced at 7/6. Author's presentation note in green ink to the title page Signed for my friend / Eileen Cond / by'Taffrail' / Taprell Dorling (underlined) / August 27th 1953. Edges lightly spotted, jacket a trifle edgeworn.

Another of Taffrail's naval-based thrillers, based in the South Pacific. This copy belonged to a prominent collector of modern firsts Miss Eileen M. Cond, a correspondent of Ian Fleming and the first Secretary to the James Bond Fan Club.

Presented a few months after publication of the first Bond novel Casino Royale. Subject: James Bond 007, Literature, Signed & Inscribed.

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