Author: Douglas Hurd; Andrew Osmond
Title: Scotch on the Rocks
Description: London, Collins, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this political thriller, later adapted into a television serial; scarce to see in hardback form with the dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The third in a loose series of novels, which includes Send Him Victorious and The Smile on the Face of the Tiger. A political thriller set in 1970s Scotland, it envisions a political crisis in which the Scottish National Party gains power. Douglas Hurd is a British Conservative Party politician who has written a number of books including non-fiction and novels. Andrew Osmond (1938-1999) was a British diplomat, novelist, and one of the founders of Private Eye magazine. They met while working for the Foreign Office. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper is lightly sunned, with very minor shelf wear to the spine of the wrap; it is otherwise smart and bright. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: Thriller Scottish fiction Douglas Hurd Andrew Osmond Scottish fiction Not Stated
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Title: Scotch on the Rocks
Description: London, Collins, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this political thriller, later adapted into a television serial; scarce to see in hardback form with the dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The third in a loose series of novels, which includes Send Him Victorious and The Smile on the Face of the Tiger. A political thriller set in 1970s Scotland, it envisions a political crisis in which the Scottish National Party gains power. Douglas Hurd is a British Conservative Party politician who has written a number of books including non-fiction and novels. Andrew Osmond (1938-1999) was a British diplomat, novelist, and one of the founders of Private Eye magazine. They met while working for the Foreign Office. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper is lightly sunned, with very minor shelf wear to the spine of the wrap; it is otherwise smart and bright. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: Thriller Scottish fiction Douglas Hurd Andrew Osmond Scottish fiction Not Stated
Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 910M15
- Book number: 910M15
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