Eric Ambler (1909-1998) Uncommon Danger. Inscribed First Edition in Dust Jacket. London: Hodder &

Eric Ambler (1909-1998)

Uncommon Danger. Inscribed First Edition in Dust Jacket.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937.

First edition, octavo; signed and inscribed by Ambler to Archie Rees, "with best wishes" in black ink on the title page; bound in blue cloth lettered in black, blue endpapers; in the publisher's illustrated dust jacket (minor chips and edge wear, faint spotting; occasional foxing concentrated at front and block edges; cloth faded, spine sunned, extremities rubbed and lightly bumped); 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ in.

Released in the United States under the title, Background to Danger, this is Ambler's second novel. Copies with dust jackets seldomly appear at auction, with the last copy being offered two years ago according to RBH.

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