A Prayer for the Dying by Jack Higgins

Hardcover, UK | Rare 1st Edition | 1st Printing | 1973 | Publisher: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd

A scarce and highly collectable first edition from Jack Higgins (Harry Patterson) — the hugely successful thriller writer who became one of the world's best-known authors with The Eagle Has Landed (1975), which sold over 50 million copies and was adapted into a major film. A Prayer for the Dying was published two years before The Eagle Has Landed made Higgins a household name, and features Martin Fallon, an IRA assassin trying to leave the organisation, entangled in a dangerous moral labyrinth. The novel was later adapted into a film starring Mickey Rourke and Bob Hoskins. A first edition from 1973, the year before Higgins's breakthrough, is genuinely rare and collectible. Published by William Collins Sons & Co Ltd.

Condition: Very Good, but with signs of previous ownership. Some pages show some foxing. Dust cover present with a touch of wear.

A rare 1st edition of a key novel from one of the world's bestselling thriller writers — predating his breakthrough success by two years.