Published by London: Jonathan Cape, 1977, 1977
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
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Add to basketDust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Military history] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS PUBLISHER. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.304. Blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, red endpapers, top edge red, illustrated dust-jacket priced at £4.95. With many photographic plates. With presentation note to title page; To Tom and Fay - with all my love - Len Deighton 15 Sept 1977. Gentle spotting to fore-edge else a clean copy. Fine. Deighton's acclaimed account of Germany's first major defeat of the Second World War. This copy was inscribed on the day of publication to Tom Maschler (1933-2020), the influential chairman of Jonathan Cape who founded the prestigious Booker Prize, awarded for best fiction in the English Language. Milward-Oliver; Len Deighton Annotated Bibliography p.54. Signed.