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Forsyth (Frederick)

THE DEVIL'S ALTERNATIVE (1979) - period-signed and inscribed copy of the author's fourth novel

Published: Hutchinson, London, 1979

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $45

Approximately:

Estimate: $75

Bidding opens: 14 Aug 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 21 Aug 16:30 GMT

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Publisher's blue hardcover binding with dust jacket.

479pp. Striking red endpapers.

Inscribed by the author on the half-title page and dated to the year of publication, "For Nancy, all best wishes Freddie Forsyth, 26-10-79".

Forsyth is one of the all time best selling authors with sales of his books currently totalling over 70 million copies. He burst onto the literary scene and took no prisoners with his now classic thrillers The Day of the Jackal (1971), The Odessa File (1972), and The Dogs of War (1974).

Binding tight. Contents clean. Former owner's name at top of half-title page. Dust jacket complete but with tape ghosts on the inside.

  • Jacket Condition: Fair to Good
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo.


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