A Game for Heroes
by Graham, James (pseud. for Jack Higgins)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dj
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. [moderate shelfwear, light wear to extremities, a bit of dampstaining at bottom edge of front cover, tanning to edges of text block extending somewhat into pages, literary agency label on front endpaper, minor paper-clip mark and indentation on page facing the title page, small stain from paper clip on the title page itself; the jacket is a bit rubbed/scuffed, with slight damage to the upper right corner of the front panel, internally stained along part of the bottom edge but with no visible bleed-through; there's also a short diagonal crease at the top corner of the front flap]. World War II adventure novel, in which a motley group of guerilla fighters attempt to neutralize the Channel Islands. Per the jacket, "James Graham is the pseudonym of a well-known novelist who her begins, in startling and satisfying form, a new series of adventure stories." The author had earlier written as Harry Patterson (his actual name), Martin Fallon, Hugh Marlowe, and Jack Higgins; by the time this book appeared he had already stopped using the first three, and from this point onward (except for three additional "James Graham" adventures), he was almost exclusively "Jack Higgins," especially after his breakthrough book, "The Eagle Has Landed" (1975). NOTE that there are several copies of this Macmillan 1970 edition being offered by other booksellers with a very different dust jacket illustration; I do not know which jacket takes precedence as the true first. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- ReadInk (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28290
- Title
- A Game for Heroes
- Author
- Graham, James (pseud. for Jack Higgins)
- Illustrator
- (dj design) Bob Laurie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dj
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Mexico, World War II, Channel Islands, Adventure, Guerilla Warfare
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