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1937012583New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1937. Book measures 19.5x13.5.cm. 2802pp. Bound in original publishers cloth with black zig-zags title lettering. Cloth rubbed lean on spine faded and marked. Binding in good condition. Internally pages clean. A good copy. . First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
196732313London: The Bodley Head Canada Ltd 1967. First Edition printed in London for the Canadian office of the publisher. 8vo publisher's original olive cloth the spine lettered in gilt in the original printed and decorated dustjacket. 210 pp. a fine copy in a very pleasing and well preserved dustjacket slight mellowing. FIRST EDITION OF THIS FINE STORY BY ERIC AMBLER. The book continues the life of Ambler's anti-hero petty criminal Arthur Abdel Simpson a man whose English father and Egyptian mother have given him uncertain citizenship. Simpson took part in a daring Istanbul robbery in Ambler's earlier novel THE LIGHT OF DAY.<br> In Dirty Story Simpson faces the prospect of becoming a penniless exile a non-citizen of any country. He is forced to become a mercenary for a cynical Central African mining company seeking to secure control of land rich in rare earth ores. He is a misfit with little military experience and is unsuited for the role of mercenary; however he manages to outwit his ruthless adversaries who are seasoned professionals.<br> This is one of several novels by Ambler in which statelessness or the danger of becoming stateless an exile not a citizen of any country and unwelcome in all countries features prominently in the plot. It was nominated for the 1967 Gold Dagger award. Wiki The Bodley Head Canada Ltd hardcover
201324120Folio Society 2013. 8vo. First Edition thus with a frontispiece and 7 coloured illustrations; pictorial cloth a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover
