REES [Published as The Terminators] By Berkely Mather (Pseudonym of John E.W. Davies) London: Collins, 1971. First edition: Uncorrected Advance Proofs. H.N. Swanson [literary agents] rubber-stamped to the inside of the covers and half-title page. Lower shelf edge has inked title, publisher and author, otherwise a very good copy red wraps with printed cover label. Rees was evidently the preliminary title of the book published as The Terminators. Mather's espionage novels are inked to each other by recurring characters, in particular the resourceful British agent Idwal Rees, who appears in The Pass Beyond Kashmir, The Terminators and Snowline. "An utterly ruthless international gang of 'skyjackers' kidnap KGB kingpin Palinovsky, based in Dehli, just as he is about to defect to the West and a bidding war ensues between British and American Intelligence who value the information he could provide, and the Russians who want to silence him. A British agent sets up an exchange on the Nepalese border, which results in ambush and massacre, and then disappears. Having escaped by the skin of his teeth, freelance agent Idwal Rees is sent to find the missing agent and, if necessary, terminate him. The trail leads into the wild hills of the disputed North-West frontier, country which Rees knows well and has very personal links to. And when those personal links seem threatened by the gang of kidnappers, Rees - and his trusted Pathan bodyguard Safaraz - take matters into their own very capable hands."--Fantasticfiction. A VERY SCARCE PROOF! Smith, CLOAK AND DAGGER FICTION (Third edition) #1547. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.