Templton, Edith — Gordon

New York, Pantheon, 2003. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A bracing novel of W.W.I.I. trials and tribulations, espionage and perseverance. First Edition published originally in 1966 via a pseudonym owing to its challenging themes and cross-racial intercourse; republished here under the true name of the author for the first time. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Fetching black-and-white photograph of the author in 1956 on rear jacket flap. The author was born in Prague, raised in France, married to an Englishman first, then an Indian neurosurgeon. 226 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,