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. Minor creases to half title else a crisp, fine copy of the book in a near fine, very slightly sunned jacket (as often found). The docket contains all ten printed documents, as called for. An Expensive Place to Die is a Cold-War espionage novel set in Paris. 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'. From the comprehensive archive of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert (pencil ownership within), whose comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #66942

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

Price: £180.00