Len Deighton's London Dossier by Deighton, Len (ed.) - 1967

Penguin, 1967T. paperback. Acceptable. 1.7986 in x 17.7865 in x 11.1915 in. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Tear on front cover.

Penguin, 1967. Softcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Penguin 1967, first. Softcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. [Counter-culture] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.328. Publisher's pictorial lime-green softcovers. Contents clean, brown spot to top edge, some toning to extremities of covers, spine wrinkled. A very good copy. In our experience, this is one of the most elusive Deighton proofs. Amusing guide to swinging London; where to get a sixpenny shave at two in the morning; where to buy snake steaks, where to hire a barrel organ and where to find the nearest nudist colony. Only 5600 copies of the hardcover were published, the proof print run would have been a fraction of this. Scarce. In the 60's, Len Deighton was the chief rival of fellow Cape-published spy writer Ian Fleming, who had championed his first novel 'The Ipcress File'. From the comprehensive Fleming bibliographical archive assembled by bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership. Book Collector No.287 (pp.32-62) 'The Sixties'. Milward-Oliver; Len Deighton Annotated Bibliography p.29. Gilbert:… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. [Counter-culture] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to half-title; To John Owens / with best wishes / Len Deighton. / April '67. Octavo, pp.352. Publisher's bright red cloth lettered in gilt, 'aerial' photographic endpapers, top edge coloured black, collage-style dust-wrapper designed by Raymond Hawkey with printed price of 30s. net. Minor toning to page edges else a fine copy. Contemporary presentations are seemingly scarce. An amusing guide to swinging London; where to get a sixpenny shave at two in the morning; where to buy snake steaks, where to hire a barrel organ and where to find the nearest nudist colony.