Ambler, Eric | "To mother, with love, Eric"

Property from the Jean Hart Kislak Collection

Ambler, Eric

Cause for Alarm. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938

8vo. Publisher's cloth in dustjacket; spine cloth a little faded, as is spine panel, ends a bit frayed, a few short closed tears to jacket. 

First edition, presentation copy inscribed to his mother on the title page.

The author's fourth novel, a classic of the spy genre, this time set in fascist Italy. "The theme is danger. The stake is peace. ..." (from the jacket blurb).