First US edition, first printing. Prelims plus 296pp. Charts to endpapers. Quarter bound in black cloth over grey card-covered boards with silver lettering to spine and author's initials on front board (boards are strong, clean and square, lightly rubbed and rounded at spine ends). Upper text block edge tanning. Internally a hint of page toning, else neat, clean and tight. In its original dust jacket (a couple of small, insignificant marks). 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,
