Year of the Tiger

by Martin Fallon 

First edition.  London - New York - Toronto:  Abelard-Schuman, 1963 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD+ condition, with a GOOD DJ under Mylar.

• Brown cloth covers are mostly clean, with silver gilt on the spine.  Corners are sharp. 
• Spine has silver text and is bright with firm ends, a bump at the head.  See photos.
• Binding is tight. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some rippling at boards.  See photos. 
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits a tiny corner turn up at pg. 65.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• DJ looks nice behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper.
• Illustrated DJ has some edgewear, chipped corners, closed tears along edges, bumping along head and foot, some rubbing to back.  See photos. 
• PS2025.0123

160 pages. 4 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches

A Very Good++ copy in its Good DJ, unclipped, with UK and US prices listed.  Scarce First Edition UK printing of the uncommon second Paul Chavasse thriller, an early novel by Harry Patterson pseud. Martin Fallon.  Book is unmarked, tight, with only fault the ding at spine head.  Dust jacket shows wear beneath Mylar, but is entire and original.

Henry (Harry) Patterson (1929-2022) was a prolific and popular author of thrillers and espionage novels.  He wrote under a number of pseudonyms -- James Graham, Martin Fallon, Hugh Marlow, and Jack Higgins.  Patterson's early novels, using his own name as well as these pseudonyms, are thrillers that typically feature hardened, cynical heroes, ruthless villains, and dangerous locales.  Between 1959 and 1974, Patterson published thirty-five such novels, learning his craft.  The Paul Chavasse stories are part of this output.  

First Edition.  Printed in the UK.  

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