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LYALL**, GAVIN TUDOR: : The Conduct of Major Maxim.** [Second Harry Maxim novel of the quartet.]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1982.

ISBN 0340285877.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,absence of publisher's price - these are generally believed to be export copies,released before the trade issue in the first published country - so,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, colour photographic design by Melvyn Gill based on a concept provided by the author, illustrated dw/dj with capitalised olive green author name and and a lower case white lettered title to front panel of dw/dj,simillarly lettered bright and not sunned/faded spine/backstrip,and author's b/w portrait photograph with critics' white lettered reviews to rear panel respectively; and all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners,and no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges bright with minimal blemish,fore-edges bright and clean without blemish or foxing/spotting; text body contents exceptionally bright,tight,clean, solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – virtually pristine,possibly unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original,plain textured dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and clean plain white sets of endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-255pp [paginated] includes 28 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a prose extract with blank verso. Author's second title of his series of novels with the character Harry Maxim,of an eventual quartet,as the protagonist.See also my book ID rja1010522 for the first title 'The Secret Servant',of the quartet,a UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn and also my book ID rja1010722 for another UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn of this 2nd title.See also my book ID rja459813 for the 3rd title,'The Crocus List',another UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Ex-SAS Major Harry Maxim is assigned to 10 Downing Street,where he works under George Harbinger,private secretary to the Prime Minister.Maxim is asked by now-retired Sergeant Caswell (who appeared with Maxim in the first scene of ('The Secret Servant' - see my book ID above) to assist Corporal Ron Blagg,who has gone AWOL from the British Army after assisting MI6 in a botched undercover operation.Maxim soon discovers that both MI6 and a shadowy Sovbloc service are looking for Blagg,with deadly consequences.Maxim's efforts to assist Blagg are stymied by a web of deceit and suspicion among the various offices and agencies within the British government, until he uncovers a secret so threatening to one of the new leaders of the German Democratic Republic that they will kill to preserve it.The various settings for most of the action,housing projects in South London,a small rural town in Germany, and a fading port town in Humberside,are described in rich detail. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,absence of publisher's price - these are generally believed to be export copies, released before the trade issue in the first published country - so,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour photographic design by Melvyn Gill based on a concept provided by the author,illustrated dw/dj with capitalised olive green author name and and a lower case white lettered title to front panel of dw/dj,simillarly lettered bright and not sunned/faded spine/backstrip,and author's b/w portrait photograph with critics' white lettered reviews to rear panel respectively; and all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners,and no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges bright with minimal blemish,fore-edges bright and clean without blemish or foxing/spotting; text body contents exceptionally bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – virtually pristine,possibly unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original, plain textured dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and clean plain white sets of endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-255pp [paginated] includes 28 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a prose extract with blank verso. Author's second title of his series of novels with the character Harry Maxim,of an eventual quartet,as the protagonist.See also my book ID rja1010522 for the first title 'The Secret Servant',of the quartet,a UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn and also my book ID rja1010722 for another UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn of this 2nd title.See also my book ID rja459813 for the 3rd title,'The Crocus List',another UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age, and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Ex-SAS Major Harry Maxim is assigned to 10 Downing Street,where he works under George Harbinger,private secretary to the Prime Minister.Maxim is asked by now-retired Sergeant Caswell (who appeared with Maxim in the first scene of ('The Secret Servant' - see my book ID above) to assist Corporal Ron Blagg,who has gone AWOL from the British Army after assisting MI6 in a botched undercover operation.Maxim soon discovers that both MI6 and a shadowy Sovbloc service are looking for Blagg,with deadly consequences.Maxim's efforts to assist Blagg are stymied by a web of deceit and suspicion among the various offices and agencies within the British government, until he uncovers a secret so threatening to one of the new leaders of the German Democratic Republic that they will kill to preserve it.The various settings for most of the action,housing projects in South London,a small rural town in Germany, and a fading port town in Humberside,are described in rich detail. 'The Conduct of Major Maxim' was the final instalment in a series of novels based on a character originally developed for a projected BBC television series. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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