The Mysterious Bookshop
Eric Ambler - The Mask of Dimitrios
Ambler, Eric, The Mask of Dimitrios, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1939. First edition of the first great modern spy novel. Red cloth stamped in gold on the spine. The basis for the excellent 1944 film noir of the same title featuring Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Faye Emerson, and Zachary Scott. Occasional foxing to fore-edges, else a fine, clean, crisp copy in a bright dust jacket, which has light wear to spine tips and corners and with short, closed tears at the top of the front hinge and front panel. $10,000.00
