First US edition, first printing. Prelims plus 380pp. Deckled fore edge. Quarter bound in yellow cloth over cream card boards, gilt lettering to spine (boards strong, worn at edges, rubbed at spine tips, slight discolouration at edges). Dusty top text block edge. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, faint occasional spotting on endpapers only. In its original dust jacket (hint of discolouration on top edge). The dust jacket is now protected in an archival-quality mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. Leonard Cyril Deighton was a British author whose works included 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,
