The Ability to Kill by Eric Ambler (The Bodley Head, 1962, Harcover)

  

First state, one of approximately of 50 copies with the suppressed essay on the John Bodkin Adams murder trial which was withdrawn under the threat of a libel action. Dust jacket design by Don Higgins. He discusses a number of notorious 19th & 20th century murders & delves into the motives of the killers.