This Hutchinson first edition (1983) is of interest to collectors of Len Deighton first editions, Cold War spy fiction, and the Bernard Samson series.
About: A very good first edition in original dust jacket.
The jacket is bright and unfaded with the bold apple-and-knife cover illustration in excellent colour; light shelf wear to the edges and a small nick to the top of the rear panel.
Boards tight and square in black cloth.
Interior pages cream and clean throughout.
The rear panel carries the striking promotional quote - "The Poet of the Spy Story" (Julian Symons, Sunday Times) - intact and legible.
A handsome copy of a highly collectible title.