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Charteris, Leslie.
Saints Alive.
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London;
Date of Publication: 1974
Stock Code: 14498
First edition. Octavo, pp., 416. Inscribed “To Roger Keyes (see introduction with reference to our recent discussion) with best wishes Leslie Charteris 74.6.21” with a doodle of the Saint’s symbol, a stick figure with a halo, to front free endpaper in red ink. Publisher’s coral cloth with gilt title and pictorial of the Saint to spine in an unclipped, pictorial dust-jacket bearing several illustrations of the Saint. Two unobtrusive 2cm closed tears to front of dust-jacket and some minor edgewear to dust-jacket edges. Otherwise a clean, bright copy. A collection of six of Charteris’ stories about his famous protagonist Simon Templar, otherwise known as the Saint. These stories do not feature in the previous two Saint Omnibuses. This collection includes an introduction from Charteris looking back on the history of the Saint and his journey after almost 50 years. £185.00