O'DONNELL, PETER — Modesty Blaise [ the First Modesy Blaise Novel ]

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1984. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 0892960906. A stated first Mysterious Press Edition, September 1984, of Peter O'Donnell's first novel, featuring his criminal mastermind-turned-good-girl Modesty Blaise and her sidekick Willie Garvin. The novel was preceded by a popular comic strip, published in Britain. Modesty and her partner must defend themselves against a series of deadly, vicious adversaries. This work originally published by Souvenir Press Ltd. in 1965. --- In wraps with image of a scantily-clad Modesty to front panel. --- With tanning to leaves, inked notations to front and back endpapers and creasing to spine, else a sound, tightly-bound copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; 252 pages. Good+ .