John Creasey — The Enemy Within

London, Evans Brothers Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of the twenty-seventh story in Creasey's Department Z Thrillers series. The first edition of this work by award winning crime novelist, John Creasey. First edition dated 1950, with no other editions stated. Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding with the unclipped dust wrapper. The twenty-seventh story in Creasey's twenty-eight book Department Z Thrillers series, published from 1933 to 1957.  In this thriller, a loyal recruit turns on British secret spy organisation, Department Z, embarking on a destructive trail of sabotage, betrayal and vengeance.  Creasey is said to have written more than six hundred novels, under twenty-eight different pseudonyms.   Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding with the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Slight sunning to back strip and rear joint. Minor bumps to extremities. Dust wrapper, generally smart. Creasing and mild chipping to extremities with notable loss to spine at head of wrap and lower rear wrap. Light soiling, most prominent to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Scattered spotting to fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.