" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION, State A. Crown Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.221. Publisher's cloth-effect paper over boards with scarlet endpapers in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping. A clean copy of the book but for some tape ghosts to the pastedown where the jacket was secured. Small name to flyleaf. Jacket also has been laminated with clear plastic and has further tape to reverse side. Remains a presentable and affordable copy. Item #61058
Gilbert A10a (1.1).
Price: £245.00