THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN.

BOLAND, JOHN.

£175.00

Publisher

T. V. Boardman and Company Limited.

Place

London

Date

1958

Synopsis

(british bloodhound no. 221).

Item Description

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 5 x 7.5 inches. 180 pp. + [2] pp. publisher's advertisements. Bound in original pink cloth, with black titles and Bloodhound series device on front hoard, in unclipped pictorial dust wrapper which has creasing, edge wear and chips, including head and tail of spine. MInor edge wear to boards and browning of flyleaves; otherwise a very good copy. Signed by author, 1960 on first free endpaper. Illustrated by plan. Decorated by endpiece vignette. The fifth novel of John Boland (1913-76). This story of a group of former army officers who carry out a daring bank robbery planned with military precision. was made into a successful film released in 1960.

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