First UK edition, first printing (true first). Prelims plus 312pp. Statements on endpapers. In decorated blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine (boards are strong, square, clean and sharp, just a little rounded at spine ends). Internally neat, clean and tight; one strip of toning to front free endpaper; there is a tiny indentation on the front free endpaper which presses through to the next three leaves). In its original dust jacket (worn and rubbed at edges, with minor loss at spine ends, flat crumpling). The dust jacket is now protected in an archival-quality mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. Leonard Cyril Deighton is a British author whose works include cookery books, history and military history, but he is best known for his spy novels, including the series featuring the unnamed Harry Palmer. We have many books by Len Deighton in stock, including early, limited and first editions. Please inquire for discounts on multiple titles.
thrillers, Modern Fiction Firsts, spy fiction,
