PATTERSON, HARRY (JACK HIGGINS) — To Catch a King

London, England: Hutchinson of London, 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some very light bumping to the bottom spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. There is some light scuffing / wear to the front pastedown page where a previous owner's bookplate has been carefully removed. There are two light spots of discoloration on the top edge of the text block. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, though there is some beginning rubbing to the bottom edge of the front flap. "In 1959, Higgins began writing novels. One of his aliases was James Graham. The growing success of his early work allowed him to take time off from his teaching, which he quit eventually to become a full-time novelist. Patterson's early novels, using his own name (as "Harry Patterson") as well as the pseudonyms James Graham, Martin Fallon, and Hugh Marlowe, are thrillers that typically feature hardened, cynical heroes, ruthless villains, and dangerous locales. Patterson published thirty-five such novels (sometimes three or four a year) between 1959 and 1974, learning his craft. East Of Desolation (1968) , A Game For Heroes (1970) and The Savage Day (1972) are notable among his early work for their vividly described settings (Greenland, the Channel Islands, and Belfast, respectively) and offbeat plots. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .