ASHENDEN : OR THE BRITISH AGENT

by W. Somerset Maugham

$1,000 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

London: William Heinemann, LTD, 1928. First edition of Maugham's collection of interrelated stories following the exploits of a writer employed as a spy during World War I by the British Intelligence Department. Very good plus. Item #53693 Unlike most of the spy literature that was birthed out of 20th-century warfare, Maugham's perspective is influenced by his own experience in intelligence service, emphasizing the

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