AMBLER, Eric (1909-98). Cause for Alarm . New York: Knopf, 1939. -- Another copy. -- The Mask of Dimitrios . London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1939]. (Lacking dust jacket.) The 1944 film version starred Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. -- A Coffin for Dimitrios . New York: Knopf, 1939. -- Passage of Arms . London: Heinemann, [1959]. -- The Light of Day . London: Heinemann, [1962]. The basis for Jules Dassin's film, Topkapi . -- An uncorrected proof copy. Original printed wrappers. -- The Ability to Kill and Other Pieces . London: Bodley Head, [1963]. -- The Army of the Shadows . Helsinki: Eurographica, 1986. Original printed wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by Ambler on the title page, number 322 of 350 copies, first collected edition. -- 7 further volumes including some later editions, some in dust jacket. Together 16 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS or first American editions except as noted, 8 o, original cloth; DUST JACKETS except as noted, condition varies. [ With ]: Autograph letter signed ("Eric") and endorsed twice as censor ("E.C. Ambler Capt.") to John Davenport Photo Division, A.P.O. 512, 15 November 1943. 1 page, 4to, on V-Mail stationery , two sketches of maps, light soiling at folds. A reflective letter that Ambler somewhat mysteriously asks to be kept hidden from his wife, Louise. "I left without a book of any sort and so, since nobody here reads anything but The Stars and Stripes, I sit and reflect. This, and other things, produces the most profound accidie. I do not see any prospect of my writing anything out here...I know now that the other job of which we spoke is of first importance. I feel very English and very European. I have not had the heart to go on with the diary." (17)
AMBLER, Eric (1909-98). Cause for Alarm . New York: Knopf, 1939. -- Another copy. -- The Mask of Dimitrios . London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1939]. (Lacking dust jacket.) The 1944 film version starred Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. -- A Coffin for Dimitrios . New York: Knopf, 1939. -- Passage of Arms . London: Heinemann, [1959]. -- The Light of Day . London: Heinemann, [1962]. The basis for Jules Dassin's film, Topkapi . -- An uncorrected proof copy. Original printed wrappers. -- The Ability to Kill and Other Pieces . London: Bodley Head, [1963]. -- The Army of the Shadows . Helsinki: Eurographica, 1986. Original printed wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by Ambler on the title page, number 322 of 350 copies, first collected edition. -- 7 further volumes including some later editions, some in dust jacket. Together 16 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS or first American editions except as noted, 8 o, original cloth; DUST JACKETS except as noted, condition varies. [ With ]: Autograph letter signed ("Eric") and endorsed twice as censor ("E.C. Ambler Capt.") to John Davenport Photo Division, A.P.O. 512, 15 November 1943. 1 page, 4to, on V-Mail stationery , two sketches of maps, light soiling at folds. A reflective letter that Ambler somewhat mysteriously asks to be kept hidden from his wife, Louise. "I left without a book of any sort and so, since nobody here reads anything but The Stars and Stripes, I sit and reflect. This, and other things, produces the most profound accidie. I do not see any prospect of my writing anything out here...I know now that the other job of which we spoke is of first importance. I feel very English and very European. I have not had the heart to go on with the diary." (17)
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