[vi], 380pp. A limited first edition, limited to 99 numbered copies, of which this is No. 60. Signed by the author on the limitation page. With an appreciation of Ted Allbeury by Len Deighton. In a special binding, quarter bound in rich red leather over marbled boards. In its original acetate dust wrapper. In as new condition throughout. Large 8vo. A story full of suspense, based on the true story of a man who spied for the Soviet Union while living in New York and practicing as a bookseller. Ted Allbeury was a British author, writing mainly espionage fiction. He served as an intelligence office in the Special Operations Executive during the second world war, and is said to have been the only British Secret Agent who parachuted into Nazi Germany during the war and remained there until the Allied armies arrived. He wrote over forty novels, often drawing on his war time experience, some of which were published under the pen names Patrick Kelly and Richard Butler.
