Item #104 An Expensive Place to Die. Len Deighton.
An Expensive Place to Die

An Expensive Place to Die

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. First American Edition, 1st Printing.

8vo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 142 mm), 252 pages, in quarter cloth over boards, gold titles to spine. With the dust jacket and the scarce "In Transit Docket."

Strange things take place in a Paris brothel, involving not only sex but also....nuclear weapons. The book includes the top secret "In Transit Docket," which lays out a U.S. plot against the Chinese. A typically fast-paced Deighton thriller.

. Item #104

CONDITION: Small closed tear in pages 29-30, a couple of small stains on the fore edge, some fading to the titles on the spine. Dust jacket unclipped with slight offsetting from the red end papers onto the front flap, a bit of rubbing to the top of the front and rear panels. "Transit Docket" is Fine, Overall, a Very Good copy.

Price: $60.00

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