Description
The first edition, first printing of The Care of Time, signed by Eric Ambler.
Octavo, 277pp. Publisher’s purple cloth with title in silver on the spine, blue boards. Stated “First Printing, 1981” on the copyright page. Appears unread. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, $11.95 retail price on front flap, touch of shelf wear.
Signed by Ambler on the title page.
Ambler’s final novel is a late Cold War thriller involving a ghostwriter, a Gulf ruler, forged revolutionary memoirs, terrorism, intelligence services, and political manipulation.
