Iron Duke [leatherbound 1st Book Edn, ] by L Ron Hubbard
* LEArong>THErong>R BOUND Volume * First Book Edition of rong>therong>se novels, rong>byrong> Author Services rong>inrong> , rong>inrong> rong>therong> "Classic Fiction rong>seriesrong>" (previously issued rong>inrong> pulp fiction etc). As new, with barely a sign it was opened. Tightly bound+pristrong>inrong>e like unread. Flexible maroon learong>therong>r-bound volume with gold gilt illustration +letterrong>inrong>g to front board+sprong>inrong>e. Gold gilt edges all around textblock/pages, with rounded page-corners. Moire silk endpapers. Frontispiece sepia illustration of author, decorated Title Page {24½x16½cm, 120pp} Publisher: He's a lady's man, a man's man - and a wanted man, on rong>therong> run rong>inrong> s Europe.... Meet Blacky Lee, ruggedly handsome with a quick wit and a roguish charm. Throng>inrong>k Clark Gable - with larceny rong>inrong> his heart and a price on his head. A price put rong>therong>re rong>byrong> rong>therong> German Gestapo. But Blacky has always got an angle, and this time it's as audacious as rong>therong>y come. He'll hide rong>inrong> plarong>inrong> sight, impersonatrong>inrong>g rong>therong> crowned head of a Balkan krong>inrong>gdom. He'll become rong>Therong> Iron Duke. Can he pull it off? Wrong>inrong> rong>therong> love of a country... and of a beautiful woman? All Blacky has to do is risk everythrong>inrong>g -- and, for once rong>inrong> his life, frong>inrong>d a way to do rong>therong> right throng>inrong>g. Review: Hubbard and Gable were fast friends and fellow adventurers. While Hubbard was writrong>inrong>g for Columbia Pictures rong>inrong> , rong>therong> studio often called upon him to doctor scripts for Gable - givrong>inrong>g him a unique knowledge of rong>therong> man and rong>inrong>spiration for characters like Blacky Lee. "A fast-paced thriller." -- Publishers Weekly.