Spy thriller classic Eric Ambler Background Danger 1937 1st US VG DJ

Description: Spy thriller classic Eric Ambler Background Danger 1937 1st US VG DJ First edition. First Printing. The title page states 1937 and the copyright page states "First American Edition" without any indication of later printings. Eric Ambler Background Danger 1939. Hardcover. Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 8vo [5.25" x 7.75"] [xii] 9-280 pages [i Blank] [i A note on the type in which this book is set]. Front cover and spine are the original publisher's orange cloth lettered in burgundy with zig zag lines. All edges are trimmed. Unclipped dust jacket with $2.00 price. Came out simultaneously with the British version, entitled Uncommon Danger. Dust jacket has original blue cover with picture of a man's face. Book condition: Very Good Front cover and spine very bright. Rear cover has a single foxing spot. Very minimal wear to bottom fore-corners, and to the extremities. Previous owner name on FEP. Pastedowns and end papers are browned and spotted. Light crimping at spine ends. Binding is tight without any cracking. Text is clean without foxing. Minimal wear to top and bottom fore-corners.Dust jacket condition: Very Good-. Rubbing along panel edges with corner chips. Spine has some shallow chipping to top and bottom edges. A chip next to cover face. Inner panels are bright. Ambler's second spy novel and his first published in the U.S. An intrigue and mystery novel that was considered "The pioneer of the sophisticated espionage novel and widely regarded as the inventor of the modern political thriller" [Gilbert; Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p.634]. The plot portrays Kenton as a relatively apolitical British journalist depended on his ease with languages, his knowledge of European politics, and his quick judgment which sometimes failed him in his personal life. When he finds himself on a train bound for Austria with insufficient funds, he jumps at the chance to earn a fee to help a refugee smuggle securities across the border. He finds himself pitted against a conspiracy of fascist agents and big business. The Soviet spies Andreas and Tamara Zaleshoff, who figure in the 1939 "Cause for Alarm", made their original appearance here. He soon discovers that the documents he holds have more than a monetary value. Served as the basis for the 1943 Warner Brothers' production, directed by Raoul Walsh and starring George Raft, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Turhan Bey from a script by W. R. Burnett. Difficult title especially with dust jacket.

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