Carlos Baker — A Friend in Power
London, Faber and Faber, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this political thriller from Carlos Baker, which was also his first novel. Carlos Baker (May 5, 1909, Biddeford, Maine  April 18, 1987, Princeton, New Jersey) was an American writer, biographer and former Professor of Literature at Princeton University. Baker's published works included several novels and books of poetry and various literary criticisms and essays. In a yellow cloth binding with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally very smart. Dustwrapper is smart, with small closed tears to the edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.