{"product_id":"cargo-of-eagles-margery-allingham-1st-edition","title":"Cargo of Eagles, Margery Allingham — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: London, Chatto \u0026amp; Windus, 1968\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8vo, pp. 223.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The original magenta cloth binding remains remarkably tight and square, featuring unbumped corners and gleaming gilt tooling to the spine, indicating careful storage and limited handling. The text block is structurally sound, showing only mild, uniform age-toning to the pages and faint dust-spotting along the top edge. The original dust wrapper is wonderfully bright and vibrant, exhibiting no significant fading, though it presents with very slight toning to the extremities and the spine head. Crucially, the wrapper remains unclipped, displaying the original 21s net price on the lower front flap, and is perfectly preserved within a clear protective sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e This is a true first edition, first printing of Margery Allingham's final Albert Campion novel. Left incomplete upon her death in 1966, the manuscript was finalised at her request by her husband and long-time collaborator, Philip Youngman Carter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarter also designed the striking, iconic dust wrappers for much of Allingham's post-war output, including the vibrant eagle motif presented on this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile reading copies of this title are widely available, securing a true first printing in such an excellent, well-preserved state, and retaining an unclipped, bright dust jacket, is becoming increasingly uncommon on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Margery Allingham's thrilling swan song, the inimitable Albert Campion is drawn to the secretive Essex coastal village of Saltey, a historic haven for smugglers known as 'old London's eastern emergency exit'. What begins as a seemingly modest inquiry into a bequeathed cottage, anonymous letters, and unruly teenage gangs soon descends into a treacherous hunt for hidden treasure. Campion finds himself navigating a dangerous web of spies, local eccentrics, and the legendary Saltey Demon in a gripping, atmospheric finale to one of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction's most celebrated series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54495678628179,"sku":"4927","price":135.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260730_232253.jpg?v=1785934397","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/cargo-of-eagles-margery-allingham-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}