The Bang Bang Birds

by Adam Diment, born 1943

$250 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Michael Joseph, 1968. Comedy Spy Thriller FIRST EDITION. Octavo 21 x 14cm , pp.205 3 . Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to black backing square. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Bill Botten, priced at 25s. Crisp and fresh throughout. An excellent copy. A risqué James Bond-style spoof, being the third adventure featuring Adam Diment's highly-sexed, pot-smoking British agent Philip McAlpine an obvious predecessor of Austin Powers .

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