Modesty Blaise - Tapa dura

Near fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Previous owner's minor inscription to front free endpaper. Copy is price-clipped. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 223 pages; Description: 223 p. ; 22 cm. Subject: Adventure caper -- Exotic Locations -- Fiction in English -- Spies -- Women Spies -- Texts -- Fictional Characters. Notes: Modesty Blaise is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by Peter O'Donnell (writer) and Jim Holdaway (art) in 1963. The strip follows the adventures of Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin. It was adapted into films made in 1966, 1982, and 2003 and a series of 13 novels and short story collections, beginning in 1965. Series: Modesty Blaise.