James Bond First Editions

SS-GB. Nazi Occupied Britain 1941.

DEIGHTON, Len (born 1929).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.350; [2], blank. Hardback in dust-wrapper designed by Raymond Hawkey, who designed the classic 1960s James Bond paperbacks for Pan Books. With accompanying booklet of promotional 1941 postage stamps, issued for the book trade; objections from the Royal Mail meant many were recalled/confiscated or destroyed. Scarce thus. Fine in like jacket. Ephemeral item also fine. 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'. Item #71803

Milward-Oliver; Len Deighton Annotated Bibliography p.41.

Price: £650.00