Alan Judd — Seven First Edition Alan Judd Novels

London, Hodder & Stoughton; Hutchinson; Harper Collins, 1981-2003 . First edition. Cloth. Seven first edition novels by Alan Judd, with these works spanning from the 1980s to the early 2000s. The first edition, first impression of each of these works, each in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Judd, a pseudonym, was a former soldier and diplomat who has now turned to writing, with his fiction often drawing on his military background. Present in this collection are works of historical fiction, espionage thrillers, and literary fiction.Present here are:A Breed of Heroes (1981), the first Charles Thoroughgood novel.Short of Glory (1984)The Noonday Devil (1987)Tango (1989). Quentin Letts described this as the author's "funniest novel to date".The Devil's Own Work (1991). A modern version of the Faust legend, inspired by a dinner with Graham Greene.Legacy (2001), the second Charles Thoroughgood novel.The Kaiser's Last Kiss (2003), a fictional account of the last few days in the life of exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with unclipped dust wrappers. Bumping to back strip head and tail of 'Breed', otherwise externally fine. Edgewear to dust wrapper back strip head and tail of 'Breed', and head of 'Short' and 'Tango', with small closed tear to head of 'Breed' front wrap. Sunning to 'Breed' back strip. Significant closed tear to head of rear wrap of 'Short&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.