Peter O’Donnell — I, Lucifer

London, Souvenir Press, 1967. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Peter O"Donnell"s third Modesty Blaise novel, in the vibrantly illustrated original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher"s original unclipped dust wrapper. The third novel in the Modesty Blaise series by O"Donnell. In Paris, Modesty is invited to dinner by René Vaubois, head of French Intelligence Service, on a floating restaurant on the Seine, where he can ask for her advice regarding a case. Debuting in the Evening Standard in 1963 Modesty Blaise was originally a comic strip, written by O'Donnell and illustrated by Jim Holdaway. Modest Blaise is a talented young woman, with a criminal past, who ends up on a series of action filled adventures with her sidekick Willie Garvin. Aside from the comic strip, Blaise featured in a total of eleven novels and two short story collections. In the publisher"s original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Former owner"s label to head of front free endpaper. A touch of sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with edgewear to back strip head and tail. Closed tear to head of front wrap. Tide mark to back strip and rear wrap to dust wrapper reverse, with foxing to dust wrapper reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of light spotting throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.