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First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. With the "Top Secret In Transit Docket" laid in. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a small bookseller's paper label to the bottom edge of the front pastedown are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, price-clipped dustwrapper that has a touch of fading of the spine and is otherwise without loss or tears.

Loosely inserted is the brown "Top Secret Transit Docket" folder containing 10 documents, as issued (and in fine condition). The fifth Harry Palmer espionage thriller