Leslie Charteris (The Saint)

Author and creator of the suave Robin Hood-like thief Simon Templar, better known as The Saint. Souvenir typescript, one page, 8.5 x 11, taken from Getaway (Saint), beginning: “It all began to happen with a ruthlessly irresistible kind of suddenness that was as unanswerable as an avalanche.” … Signed at the bottom in red ink, with a hand done drawing of the saint and his signature “Leslie Charteris .” 9/2/81 Paper is toned otherwise in fine condition.

Leslie Charteris (12 May 1907 – 15 April 1993), was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter. He was best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of his hero Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".

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