MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Ashenden. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928.

First American Edition. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone and Queen's Quorum #78. 'Ashenden, the British agent, traps a spy with the same cold confidence with which he turns an epigram. Baronesses, generals, dancers, waiters, weave their subtlest machinations in behalf of their governments, and some of them face firing squads at dawn in payment for their patriotism or their treachery.' A classic and highly influential spy novel in which Maugham used his own experiences during the First World War. Near Fine but for bookplate at front pastedown and small previous owner signature at front endpaper, in Very Good plus dustjacket, clear tape at edges of verso.

Price: $1,250.00