LUARD, NICHOLAS. — The Dirty Area.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 0241101301. 1st edition. "He was called Ross Callum and in the Tangier straits he was a legend. A flamboyant hell-raising womaniser who, until he disappeared, had owned the fastest launch on the coast and made a fortune running guns to the Sahel rebels and contraband to anyone who would buy it..At least that was what people believed.." Pp.233, owner's armorial bookplate (H.C.D.Laing) to inside front board. Black cloth, dustwrapper slightly sunned to spine. VG/VG.