Dennis Wheatley — Sixty Days to Live

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1939. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this thrilling apocalyptic novel by the best-selling author, David Wheatley. The scarce first edition. In the publisher's cloth binding with a facsimile dust wrapper. With illustrated maps to the paste-downs and endpapers, designed by Diana Younger. Lavina Leigh is a popular film star, living a life of luxury in wealthy London. When an attractive millionaire enters her life, she is faced with a problem: should she marry him or focus on her career? Her astronomer uncle then declares that a comet is heading straight towards Earth, giving everyone only sixty days left to live. Lavina's problems keep on getting worse. A story of thrills, action and romance by David Wheatley, one of the world's best-selling authors during the 1930s-60s. With 41 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the book. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with shelf wear to the extremities and spine. Marks to the boards. A few handling marks to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Creasing to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the occasional spot and mark. Light age-toning to the edges. A few pages have some light offsetting, though this does not affect the text. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .