"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, scarce second issue with WHITE ENDPAPERS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with bronze lettering to spine, plain covers, white endpapers, original illustrated jacket by Richard Chopping priced at 18s. Some spotting/toning to edges, jacket a little dusty/soiled. Overall a very good, lightly used copy of an increasingly elusive variant. Item #59240
Gilbert A13a (1.6).
Price: £450.00