John Creasey [Gordon Ashe] — A Herald of Doom

London, John Long, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. An attractive first edition of this later Patrick Dawlish mystery, retaining the original unclipped photographic dust wrapper. In the publisher's original navy cloth binding.  First edition.  Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  A thrilling crime novel featuring Patrick Dawlish, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Crime at Scotland Yard. When his wife Felicity receives a death threat, Dawlish becomes entangled in a dangerous investigation involving a mysterious young woman and an attempted poisoning. John Creasey (1908-1973) was a prolific British crime novelist who published hundreds of novels under numerous pseudonyms. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Light bumping to spine ends. Dust wrapper, very smart. Slight sunning to spine. Light soiling and rubbing to wraps. Light spotting, more apparent to reverse. Slight marking to front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Printer's error to preliminary leaves up to p.7, appearing as a faint line with the odd light mark. Slight strain to hinge between pp. 60-61. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.