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A group of fifteen volumes, comprising: AMBLER, Eric (1909-1998). Epitaph for a Spy. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1938. First edition. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Octavo. (Various splits to textblock.) Original blue cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black (cocked, lightly rubbed, spine and edges sunned); original dust-jacket (lightly rubbed and nicked, spine ends somewhat frayed, some closed tears). — Cause For Alarm. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1938. First edition. Octavo. (A few spots, two splits to textblock). Original blue cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black (cocked, spine lightly sunned); original dust-jacket (somewhat dust-soiled, some creases, large closed tear to bottom edge of lower panel and spine, small chips at foot of spine). — Luncheon in Honour of Mr. Eric Ambler, Whose distinguished Novel Epitaph for a Spy is published today. London: 7 April 1938. Rare printed menu for a luncheon held in honour of the author, signed by Ambler. 4pp. menu printed on card in blue, front cover with title and decorations printed in white and blue (top edge spotted and soiled). LE CARRÉ, John [David Cornwell] (1931-2020). Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [with] The Honourable Schoolboy [and] Smiley’s People. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1974, 1977 and 1980. First edition, all presentation copies to famed polish poet and author Jerzy Pietrkiewicz. Three volumes, octavo. Blue boards cloth and buckram, spine lettered in gilt (head- and tailcap lightly bruised and spine tanned). Original dust-jacket (spine sunned, edges very lightly rubbed). Provenance: Tinker Tailer Solider Spy and The Honourable School Boy: author’s signature (blue ink to verso of half-title) — All three volumes: Jerzy Pietrkiewicz (1916-2007; Polish poet and author; authorial presentation inscription to title and ownership stamp to front pastedown). BEEDING, Francis [John Leslie Palmer] (1885-1944). The Nine Waxed Faces. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1936. First edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black (extremities lightly rubbed, covers and spine tanned); original dust-jacket (sometime extensively repaired with loss at head and foot of spine extending into front and rear panels supplied in excellent facsimile). — No Fury. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1936. First edition. Octavo. 5 illustrations at front (tiny marginal stain to title). Original light blue cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black (extremities rubbed, spine tanned); original pictorial dust-jacket (lightly soiled and faintly creased at edges, several short closed tears and nicks repaired with tape on verso). — The One Sane Man. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1934. First edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black (spine sunned, a few stains); original dust-jacket (restoration to corners and head of spine without loss, repaired small chip at centre of lower panel with a few letters in facsimile). — The Ten Holy Horrors. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1939. First edition. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in red (top edge lightly sunned); original dust-jacket (faintly rubbed). Provenance: The Times Book Club (stamp to back pastedown). ANNESLEY, Michael [Frederick Annesley Michael Webster] (1886-1949). The Missing Agent. London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1938. First edition. Octavo. (Light marginal spotting to first and last few leaves.) Original blue cloth, spine lettered in black (extremities very lightly rubbed, endpapers browned, and front free endpaper clipped); original price-clipped dust-jacket designed by Alex Jardine (lightly rubbed, a few chips and tears, one with minor loss at foot of lower panel, a few neat repairs). Provenance: Angus & Robertson, Sydney (bookseller’s ticket to front pastedown). CRAIG, Peter [Thom MacWalter] (1887-1963). Conspiracy Island. London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1933. First edition, signed by the au