Stated First Edition (first printing, published May 1950) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean moss green boards with burgundy lettering on spine. Light surface wear to spine corners, no fraying or tears. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 245 pages. Clean illustrated jacket is not price clipped, has very shallow chipping at spine ends, one very small corner chip; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. At the end of World War II, Eric Amberson, a bachelor with nothin to keep him in England, returns to the Middle East where as an Intelligence Officer he had learned to relish the serene corruptible pattern of life. Gradually he falls in love with a woman involved with a network of international agents pledged to world control through the creation of total anarchy.
Title: The High Place
Edition: Stated First Edition
Location Published: Boston, Little Brown: 1950
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Type: Book
Categories: Suspense, Fiction, 1st Edition
Seller ID: 033715
Keywords: fiction, first edition, geoffrey household, mystery, suspense novel