Sydney Horler — Excitement: An Impudent Autobiography

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1933 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this exceedingly scarce autobiography by Sydney Horler, with a partial dust wrapper. The first edition. Vanishingly scarce. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the front portion of the original dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author "To my dear old friend, John Woodwin, in memory of many happy times, from the author, Sydney Horler", dated 21st Feb 1933. An autobiographical work by prolific British novelist, Sydney Horler, known for his thrillers.'Excitement' presents a collection of tales from Horler's "undistinguished childhood, mis-spent youth and hard-working middle age". Illustrated with sixteen photographs and a frontispiece. Collated, complete. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the front portion of the original dust wrapper. Externally, very good, with some bumping to the extremities and the odd mark. A little fading to spine and extremities. Inscription to front endpaper. One or two spots to fore edge. Dust wrapper is fair, with front panel and front flyleaf only. Edge wear and sunning to wrap with a tear to front flyleaf. Reinforcements to the wrap verso. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean . Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Fair.