Horse Under Water, Secret File No 2

Deighton's second novel, following the international success of his debut The Ipcress File. Slightest tap to lower corners else fine in red boards and first state black endpapers with crossword puzzle and clues on front and rear; the about fine dw has 1 tiny nick at the bottom of the rear panel.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Cold War spy thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1]. Publisher's lime green softcovers with 'greek urn' device repeated in white, titles printed in black, with PROOF-ONLY dust-wrapper designed by Raymond Hawkey. The jacket is considerably different to the published version; the photograph of the Royal Navy frogmen was later omitted and… Read more about this item

London: Thriller Book Club, 1963 first thus book club edition, blue papered boards, DW same as original in basic design with skull and Nazi medal, DW flaps pasted to endpapers, rear flap trimmed to left edge with loss. front fep has pen owners name and library name in pen, ,rear fep library name in pen and card in pocket to… Read more about this item