The Author's Scarce Debut Novel

Price, Anthony ~ The Labyrinth Makers

First UK Printing : Victor Gollancz Ltd., London : 1970

The First UK Printing published by Victor Gollancz Ltd., London in 1970. 8vo., red publisher's boards, backstrip lettered in gilt; in the iconic yellow Gollancz wrapper, lettered in black and pink and correctly priced '£1.40p / 28s net' to the front flap; The BOOK is in near Fine condition, slightly bruised to spine tips and with very mildly spotting to the endpapers and upper edge, but otherwise clean; the WRAPPER is in Very Good++ or better condition with some minor nicks, creases, and short closed tears, particularly around the spine; discretely repaired to the verso with clear tape. Light toning to the spine and edges. Seldom found in such condition. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The author's debut novel. An espionage thriller by Anthony Price, who served in the British Army from 1947 to 1949, and in total wrote 19 works in the Dr David Audley/Colonel Jack Butler series, which focused on a group of counter-intelligence agents working for a fictional agency based loosely around the real MI5. The Labyrinth Makers combines Kremlin politicians with the search for lost treasure, and a mysterious uncovered wreck of an RAF bomber, lost at sea during WW2. The book was quickly followed by its sequel, The Alamut Ambush, in 1971, which once again concerns a missing airliner, but with Palestinian guerilla forces. The book won the 'Silver Dagger Award' for best crime novel of the year in the year of publication. Scarce.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Very Good++