The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

Hardcover collector edition, Heron Books / Edito-Service S.A., Geneva, 1981, by arrangement with Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, in fine condition. The boards are bound in deep maroon faux leather, elaborately gilt-tooled with interlacing geometric bands, knotwork, covering the full front board and continuing across the spine panels. Gilt lettering to the spine carries the title and author name. The binding is firm and tight. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked throughout. Includes a frontispiece portrait of the author by Sheilagh Noble. A handsome book. Heron Books / Edito-Service produced collector editions of popular and classic works throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. First published in 1963 by Victor Gollancz, London. A story of betrayal and moral compromise following a weary British intelligence officer on one final Cold War assignment.