The Lion and the Lamb

Boston: Little, Brown, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing ("Published August, 1930," with no further printings noted) of one of the author's later novels. 8vo: [4],294pp. Publisher's yellow cloth stamped in black, pictorial dust jacket by the incomparable Bip Pares, priced $2.00 and with wraparound band announcing "The New Oppenheim—Presenting Tottie Green's Gang." A Fine, virtually pristine copy in like jacket. Oppenheim published some 150 novels, mainly suspense and international intrigue but also romances and comedies. He was one of the earliest writers of spy fiction and of the "Rogue Male" school of adventure thriller later popularized by John Buchan. The year he published The Lion and the Lamb, P. G. Wodehouse's dedicated his collection of short stories, Very Good, Jeeves, to Oppenheim. Ethel "Bip" Pares (1904-1977) is "a name seen so often on some of the most eye-catching designs of the nineteen-thirties and forties. . . . She has long been admired and collected—she is said to have designed some 600 dust-jackets in all . . . " (blog post by Laurence Worms, Ash Rare Books) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).