Peter O’Donnell — Sabre-Tooth and I, Lucifer

London, Souvenir Press, 1966-1967. First edition. Cloth. Two thrilling first edition Modesty Blaise novels by Peter O"Donnell, being the second and third novels in the series. Both volumes are first editions, first impressions. In the publisher"s original dust wrappers, with "Lucifer" unclipped, and "Sabre-Tooth" clipped. 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. Present here are the second and third novels in the series, plunging Modesty into a series of thrilling adventures. In the publisher"s original cloth bindings, with one clipped dust wrapper, and one unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light edgewear to back strip tail. Dust wrapper back strips a touch age toned. Light marks to tail of "Sabre" rear wrap. Light tide marks to reverse of "Sabre" dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. "Lucifer" clean and bright, with "Sabre-Tooth" pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.