The 12 (Twelve) Disguises by Beeding, Francis - 1946

New York: Books Inc., 1946. 298pp. Black boards. gilt lettering on spine. light toning to the text, some rubbing to the lettering on the spine, otherwise a tight, clean copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has light rubbing to the edges. Though it states lst printing on the copyright page, this is a reissue of the 1942 edition, a World War Two set mystery novel of occupied Paris and the chief of England's Secret Service. . First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: Books, Inc, 1946. Reissue. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Hardcover. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket with shallow wear at the spine ends. The first Books, Inc. reissue edition. 298 pp. The redoubtable Colonel Granby, Chief of England's Secter Service, lands in occupied France poses as a half-with provincial and overhears plans of a nefarious plot. As hsi investigative work continues he poses as a knight in armor, a petty official, a nun, a mother with child, a member of the American Bund, a Paris postman. All this to persuade General Creighton to abandon his hare-brained scheme to turn Nazi propaganda against the invaders.

Harper& Brothers, 1942. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Ed. First ed. Good/Good condition, moderate over all wear to book and dustjacket, inside of both covers browned, bookstore label on inside back cover, dustjacket crinkled and torn along top and bottom edges, 25c size chip missing from dustjacket spine, dustjacket price clipped..