The Saint And The Ace Of Knaves by Charteris, Leslie - 1955 first edition

NY: Avon Book Co., 1955. 128pp. Slight lean, sligh loss to spine bottom. Photos on request.. #663, First Printing. Paperback. Good+. Mass Market.

New York: Avon Publications, Inc.. Mass Market. Good. 128 Pages. The covers are still glossy and have some wear to the spine area. Store stamp inside back cover. No publication date given and the only date is a 1937 copyright. This book is likely a 1955 printing. Previous owner has pasted a label inside the front cover with details copied from a 1954 Pan book. There are two stories in this book. The Unlicensed Victuallers and The Beauty Specialist. The Saint, 3 movie queens, and a killer. Two lush lovelies do a private screening in the Saint's private quarters. A Golden Goddess of the Movies - with a shape that is strictly wide screen, eyes the Saint with chilling terror. And Simon Templar, the Lochinvar of Modern Crime, is launched on the most provocative case in his delightfully deadly career. The Saint was a mystery spy thriller, that ran in Britain on ITV from 1962-1969. It centered on the character Simon Templar, a Robin Hood type with a penchant for disguise. The run ended in both American… Read More

Avon Books. New York: Avon Publishing Co. , , 1955 first edition . 663 , very good , , , paperback,

Avon Publications, Inc., New York, 1955, Near Fine Paperback, 128 pages, 4.25" x 6.5", age toning, otherwise clean and tight. Leslie Charteris (born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, (1907 - 1993), was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter. Avon 663.