It may not look like much but today I managed to bag a first edition of the very rare Hide and Seek by Xan Fielding.
I am pleased with myself as I let the last one slip by on an eBay auction during the first election debate in April.
Hide and Seek – Xan Fielding 1st Ed. 1954
Title: Hide and Seek – The Story of a War-time Agent
Author: Xan Fielding
Publisher: Secker & Warburg, London
Pages: 255
Condition: Good. Tight copy, pages slightly foxed, in rubbed and marked boards. No dust-wrapper.
Synopsis: Illustrated with black-and-white plates, and maps on endpapers. First Edition (1954).
Patrick Leigh Fermor 
Bidded myself. Figured £100 with no d/j was quite enough. How high would you have gone as a matter of interest?
Ian – similar volumes are on sale on Amazon and Abebooks (dustcovers seem to have disappeared) for £300-£400, so I reckon this is good value. How high would I have gone? Difficult to say but I was determined to have this so it could have been more. 🙂