Leslie Charteris — Count on the Saint

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy which contains two works starring protagonist Simon Templar, written by Leslie Charteris and in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. 'Count on the Saint' includes two novella thrillers by Leslie Charteris, those being 'The Pastor's Problem' and 'The Unsaintly Santa&apos. These books follow the adventures of 'The Saint', also known as Simon Templar, as he undertakes adventures where he must help miscellaneous characters in need. Leslie Charteris (1907-1993) was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction. His most well-known books are his Simon Templar adventure novels. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with no noticeable faults. Dust wrapper is in very smart condition, with a bit of edge wear to wraps, and some coloured pencil marks to the reverse of wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout, other than the occasional colour pencil scribble which does not affect text. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good.