Spy For Sale - Laurence Payne 1969 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition A sharp first edition of the first book in the John Tibbett Mystery series, in which ‘Tibby’, a young unskilled burglar, is thrown into the international bodysnatching trade ‘for which, to put it charitably, he is professionally unqualified’.   Octavo (book size 20.3x13.8cm), pp. 256. In publisher’s green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket priced ‘25s (£1.25) net in U.K.’ to upper corner of front flap, and a thin line of colour touch-up to outer edges.   Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket with thin line of unnecessary colour touch-up along outer edges.   Ref: 110580   Price: HK$ 1,300