James Bond First Editions

An Expensive Place to Die.

DEIGHTON, Len (born 1929).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.254. Publisher's black cloth in original pictorial dust-jacket, priced at 21 shillings, with the original loose 'In Transit Docket', designed by Raymond Hawkey. A crisp, fine copy of the book in a near fine, slightly sunned jacket (as often found). The docket contains all ten printed documents, as called for. With comparisons to Graham Greene and Ian Fleming, Deighton first arrived on the shady scene in 1962 and was described by Julian Symons as 'the poet of the spy story'. An Expensive Place to Die is a Cold-War espionage novel set in Paris. Item #66001

HUBIN; Crime Fiction IV. Milward-Oliver; Len Deighton Annotated Bibliography p.32.

Price: £175.00