THE SECRET AGENT: A SIMPLE TALE.
London: Methuen & Co., [1907]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-442 [443: printer's imprint] [444: blank] + 40-page publisher's catalogue dated "September 1907" inserted at rear, publisher's decorated burgundy cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition, first printing, first issue. Psychological thriller of the anarchist underworld in Edwardian London. "The earliest and best novel portraying the character and fate of a double agent." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 605. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Made into a good feature film quite faithful to the book in 1936 by Alfred Hitchcock as "Sabotage." [Reference: Wise 17. Connolly, The Modern Movement: 100 Key Books 15]. A fine copy. (36124). Item #36124
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