Grant Holmes; [James M. Fox]; [Johannes Willem Mathijs Knipscheer] — Dark Crusade

London, Cassell & Company LTD, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A superior first U.K. edition of this gripping thriller by James M. Fox, a Communist-fighting novel set in Europe. The first U.K. edition, first impression, previously published under the same title in 1953 in the U.S. under the author's real name.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. A Steve Harvester thriller, following him as he becomes an agent in Europe and finds himself embroiled in a plot to combat Communists. Written by James M. Fox under the pseudonym Grant Holmes - Fox's birth name was Johannes Willem Mathijs Knipscheer. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with only a touch of bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is smart with very marginal edge wear, and some light marks to the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.