Description
George Newnes Limited [Published date: 1939]. NOT a first, but an early edition. Hard cover, 293 p.
Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997
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Condition & notes
In acceptable condition/ NO dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Moderate to heavy scuffing and soiling to covers, with a few 1/4" tears at the top and bottom of spine. Pg 9-10 has been torn out, but is still present and laid in. Remainder of binding is still intact. Pages have moderate aging but are otherwise unmarked, with occasional spotting and soiling. NOT Ex-library. An acceptable reading copy only, but scarce in any condition. Sir Rupert Grayson (1897 - 1991), born into money and privilege, was educated at Harrow and then served with the Irish Guards in WWI, in which he was twice wounded. He served along with Rudyard Kipling's son and the same shell that wounded Grayson killed Kipling's son. Thereafter, Kipling treated Grayson as a surrogate son. Back in London after the war, Grayson began a career in writing and publishing. He wrote a popular series of thrillers about a precursor to James Bond named Gunston (Gun) Cotton. Gun Cotton was a secret agent whose takes desperate chances in order to thwart the schemes of those who threaten the peace and security of the British Empire, and still manages to find time for some romance. In the mid-1930's Grayson headed for Hollywood and became friends with, among others, David Niven, Clarke Gable and Robert Montgomery, to whom Grayson writes a short note at the beginning of Gun Cotton in Hollywood. This installment in the series has Gun Cotton matching wits with kidnappers in Hollywood.