Author: Leslie Charteris
Title: A Collection of the Saint Series by Leslie Charteris
Description: London, Hodder and Stoughton, c1940-1950 . Cloth. A collection of fourteen volumes from this adventure series following The Saint written by British-Chinese author Leslie Charteris. Fourteen volumes. The Saint Series. Hodder and Stoughton Yellow Jackets. Written by Leslie Charteris, a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction and screenwriter best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of his hero Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". The Saint is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, a Robin Hood-like figure featured in a series of novels and short stories published between 1928 and 1963. This set contains: The Last Hero, the second volume in the Saint Saga. Seventeenth edition. Knight Templar, the third volume in the Saint Saga. Seventeenth edition. She Was A Lady, the sixth volume in the Saint Saga. Sixteenth edition. The Holy Terror, the seventh volume in the Saint Saga. Eighteenth edition. Getaway, the eighth volume in the Saint Saga. Twelfth edition. The Brighter Buccaneer, the tenth volume in the Saint Saga. Fourteenth edition. Boodle, the twelfth volume in the Saint Saga. Tenth edition. The Saint Goes On. Later edition. The Saint in New York, the fourteenth volume in the Saint Saga. Fourteenth edition. Saint Overboard, the fifteenth volume in the Saint Saga. Twelfth edition. The Ace of Knaves, the sixteenth volume in the Saint Saga. Eighth edition. Thieves' Picnic, the seventeenth volume in the Saint Saga. Eighth edition. Follow the Saint, the nineteenth volume in the Saint Saga. Twelfth edition. The Happy Highwayman, the twentieth volume in the Saint Saga. Fifth edition. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear and fading to the extremities. Minor bumping with the odd small mark to the boards. Original dust wrappers are unclipped other than The Saint Goes On which has been price-clipped. Wrappers are sound with wear and light chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine with the odd mark to the panels. The odd closed tear to the panel edges with minor loss to the head and tail of the spine to some volumes. Sympathetic repairs made with tape to the internal side of The Last Hero, Knight Templar, She Was a Lady, The Holy Terror, The Brighter Buccaneer, The Saint in New York, and The Ace of Knaves. With the front fly leaf detached but sympathetically repaired with tape to The Ace of Knaves. A 2" closed tear and tide marks to the front panel of The Happy Highwayman. Hinges just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the foredge and minor age toning to the endpapers. With the previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of Getaway. Light tidemarks to the front few pages of The Happy Highwayman. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good Only.

Keywords: The Saint Charteris Simon Templar Last Hero Charteris Terror Getaway None


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