Iron Duke [leatherbound 1st Book Edn, ] by L Ron Hubbard
* LEATHER BOUND Volume * First Book Edition of these novels, by Author Services in , in the "Classic Fiction series" (previously issued in pulp fiction etc). As new, with barely a sign it was opened. Tightly bound+pristine like unread. Flexible maroon leather-bound volume with gold gilt illustration +lettering to front board+spine. 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 the run in s Europe.... Meet Blacky Lee, ruggedly handsome with a quick wit and a roguish charm. Think Clark Gable - with larceny in his heart and a price on his head. A price put there by the German Gestapo. But Blacky has always got an angle, and this time it's as audacious as they come. He'll hide in plain sight, impersonating the crowned head of a Balkan kingdom. He'll become The Iron Duke. Can he pull it off? Win the love of a country... and of a beautiful woman? All Blacky has to do is risk everything -- and, for once in his life, find a way to do the right thing. Review: Hubbard and Gable were fast friends and fellow adventurers. While Hubbard was writing for Columbia Pictures in , the studio often called upon him to doctor scripts for Gable - giving him a unique knowledge of the man and inspiration for characters like Blacky Lee. "A fast-paced thriller." -- Publishers Weekly.