The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal - The Saint by Leslie Charteris first edition 1934

CHARTERIS, Leslie. The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal.
 
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1934.
 
First edition. 320pp. Original publisher’s pale blue cloth, lettered in black to upper cover and spine; no dust jacket. Cloth exceptionally clean and unfaded; spine bright; corners sharp; slight softening at head of spine and fading at tail only. Text block firm; pages clean and fresh. A near fine copy.
 
An early Saint title featuring Simon Templar, first published in 1934. The novel continues Charteris’s series of adventures centred on the gentleman adventurer known as “The Saint.” Inspector Teal, one of the recurring figures in the series, appears here in a central role. Charteris (1907–1993) created the character in 1928; by the mid-1930s the Saint novels had established a substantial popular readership in Britain and abroad.