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DEIGHTON, Len (b. 1929). The Ipcress File. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1962].
8o. Original orange buckram; pictorial dust jacket by Raymond Hawkey (slight edgewear with a little rubbing to spine panel ends, short tear to top edge of back panel).
FIRST EDITION, first issue of the author's first novel, without reviews on the dust jacket. This is the first appearance of the unnamed, diffident working-class hero later dubbed Harry Palmer in the films (portrayed by Michael Caine).
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FIRST EDITION, first issue of the author's first novel, without reviews on the dust jacket. This is the first appearance of the unnamed, diffident working-class hero later dubbed Harry Palmer in the films (portrayed by Michael Caine).