BROTHER CAIN

[London]: Anthony Blond, 1959. Octavo, boards. First edition. An officer, compelled to resign from the British army, is recruited as an assassin by a secret organization devoted to the creation of a new world order. The author's second novel, preceded by THE FEATHERS OF DEATH, and followed by his well-regarded vampire novel, DOCTORS WEAR SCARLET. Hubin (1994), p. 668. Binding slightly askew, else a fine copy in a very good dust jacket lacking the top eighth of rear flap (affecting some flap copy). (#52491) (Inventory #: 52491)