THE SIXTH DIRECTORATE
by Hone, Joseph
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Some toning to the text paper, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (31396)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg, [1975]. First edition. Some toning to the text paper, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (31396). Octavo, boards. The second Marlow spy novel. In retropect from the New York Times in 1984 by Anotole Broyard: "Joseph Hone's Sixth Directorate, which was published in 1975, is one of the best suspense novels of the last ten years. It has elegance, wit, sympathy, irony, surprise, action, a rueful love affair and a melancholy Decline of the West mood. Only the crimes in its pages separate the book from what is known as serious novels." Hubin, p. 411. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd edition) 2648.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31396
- Title
- THE SIXTH DIRECTORATE
- Author
- Hone, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used - Some toning to the text paper, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (31396)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1975]
- Keywords
- Mystery
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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