London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1940. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy in a good jacket. An English spy in WWI Germany. Some loss to the jacket and some creasing, price-clipped and an owner's inscription. Some insect damage to the jacket, and some signs of tape to the jacket reverse. Slight lean. Some wear to the head of the spine. Manning Coles was a pseudonym for Cyril Henry Coles and Adelaide Frances Oke Manning. [11556, Hyraxia Books].