MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET. Ashenden or the British Agent. London: Heinemann, 1928. 8vo, original blue cloth; dust jacket; black cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION. Stott (1973 ed.) A37a; a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone; Queen's Quorum 78: "Maugham's Ashenden lifts the secret service sleuth high above the conventional conception of the spy-catcher... Maugham proved that the secret service story, like the detective story, has come of age." A lovely copy.