Dennis Wheatley — The Scarlet Imposter

London, Hutchinson & Co. c1950 . Cloth. A bright, early impression of Dennis Wheatley's wartime spy novel featuring his much-loved character, Gregory Sallust, here in the unclipped dust wrapper. Twenty-eighth thousand. In the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. Written by best-selling British author Dennis Wheatley, known for his prolific novel-writing in the thriller and occult genres. The third in Wheatley's Gregory Sallust series, retracing all the main events occurring between 1939 and 1945, following the activities of Secret Agent Gregory Sallust. The series was one of the main inspirations for Ian Fleming's 'James Bond' series. Bound in the publisher's red cloth with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light edge wear and the odd very small closed tear. An occasional light mark to wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.