Violent Ward

First US edition, first printing. Prelims plus 304pp. Pale blue endpapers. Quarter bound in black cloth over dark grey card-covered boards with silver lettering to spine and author’s initials on front board (boards are strong, clean and square, lightly rubbed and rounded at spine ends). Upper text block edge tanning. Internally some mild page toning, else neat, clean and tight. In its original, near fine, dust jacket. 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.

thrillers, Modern Fiction Firsts, spy fiction,