The Ipcress File (Secret File No. 1)
Deighton, Len
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1963
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This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. This is the author's first novel. This is a stated First (American) Edition. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends, corners, and bottom edges of the book have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but has three tiny nicks to the top spine end and a very tiny bump to the top front flap end. "In 1962 Deighton's first novel, The IPCRESS File, was published; it had been written in 1960 while he was staying in the Dordogne, south west France. The book was soon a commercial success and was a best-seller in the UK, France and the US, selling more than 2.5 million copies in three years. The story written as a first-person narrative introduced a working-class protagonist, cynical and tough. Deighton did not want to invent a name for the character and later explained "Some people felt that a contrivance, but I kept putting off inventing a name for him until I got to the end of the book and realised I could finish the book without giving him a name"." (from Wikipedia). Seller Inventory # A52958
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Ipcress File (Secret File No. 1)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York, NY
Publication Date: 1963
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Edition: 1st American Edition; 1st Printing.