London Dossier

First UK edition, first printing (true first) Prelims plus 3522pp. Aerial photography of London on endpapers. In red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine; top edge coloured (boards are strong, square, clean and sharp, very slightly rounded at spine tips). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (tiny flat crease at spine base). Deighton compiled the most exciting and appetizing guide to London of its time, recruiting fourteen of London’s informed residents to contribute reports on their particular areas. Amusingly written, much is included that other guides leave out, such as where to hire a barrel organ, or where to eat snake steaks, or where to get a shave in the middle of the night. The dust jacket is now protected in an archival-quality mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. Leonard Cyril Deighton is a British author whose works include 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.