Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1949. Grey cloth. Spotting to top margin of covers, VG clean & uworn otherwise. Price-clipped jacket has small chips and nicks, tears repaired internally with old cellotapel just good. A Cold War thriller set in Washington. An Amercian and Soviet diplomat vie for control of the Middle East. Toronto-born author.; Octavo; (8), 277, [3] pages