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London : Chatto & Windus, 1958. First edition. A young Ambrose Usher in London before the war - pursuit of Bach manuscript and Hungarian blonde.
Post 8vo. 254,[ii]pp. Original pale blue cloth, lettered across spine in gilt; covers spotted and lettering tarnished; edges a little spotted; label removed from rear endpaper; a sound and serviceable copy. Barzun & Taylor 1041. Hubin p.107.

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London : Chatto & Windus, 1960. First edition. The "effervescent Ambrose Usher - Oxford don, amateur detective, and Top Undercover person - exercises his wits and his wit upon a very peculiar set-up on Lighthouse Island near New York".
Post 8vo. (220),[iv]pp. Original red boards, lettered across spine in black; slight spotting of edges and endpapers; corner cut from front free endpaper, but a good copy in the original Anthony Maitland dust-jacket - a pictorial design in grey, yellow and black on white - slightly fingered and tanned, a little nicked and chipped, and with a small repair. Barzun & Taylor 1042. Hubin p.107.

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London : Chatto & Windus, 1976. First edition. Ambrose Usher - lecture vist to Harvard, undercover Treasury involvement, art swindle - and the enchanting and resourceful Alyss Summers.
Post 8vo. (230),[ii]pp. Original blue boards, lettered across spine in gilt; a very good copy in the original Ralph Mabey dust-jacket - a typographic design in red and blue on white - just lightly tanned. Barzun & Taylor 1043. Hubin p.107.

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London : Chatto & Windus, 1982. First British edition. Ambrose Usher in the Caribbean.
Demy 8vo. 224pp. Original red boards, lettered on spine in gilt; edges slightly spotted; neat ownership inscription; a good copy in the original dust-jacket - a pictorial design in yellow, red and black by Ernest Socolov - sunned at spine and with short tear at foot.

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