London: William Heinemann, 1958. [Spy Satire] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. No inscriptions, jacket price clipped, toned to edges and extremities. An attractive copy. Greene's classic comic thriller, memorably brought to the screen by British director Sir Carol Reed in 1959. It was the final Reed / Greene collaboration following 'The Fallen Idol' (1948) and 'The Third Man' (1949), with Alec Guinness and Maureen O'Hara in the title roles. The book was reviewed by Ian Fleming for The Sunday Times. Item #61037

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