The Great Spy Race

by Adam Diment, born 1943

$65 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Michael Joseph, 1968. Spy novel FIRST EDITION. Octavo 21 x 14cm , pp.208. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in Richard Chopping-esque pictorial dust-jacket designed by Broom Lynne priced 25s. Crisp and fresh throughout. An excellent copy. A risqué James Bond-style spoof, being the second adventure featuring Adam Diment's highly-sexed, pot-smoking British agent Philip McAlpine an obvious predecessor of Austin Powers . Item #75250

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