Billion Dollar Brain, Len Deighton — 1st Edition/Printing

£59.50

Billion Dollar Brain, Len Deighton — 1st Edition/Printing

Name: Billion Dollar Brain, Len Deighton — 1st Edition/Printing
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 4051-RM-F-VG-4
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Publication: London, Jonathan Cape, 1966

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 312.

Condition Report: Very Good. Lacking the original dust jacket. The dark blue cloth boards remain sturdy and square, with minimal bumping to the spine ends and only slight shelf-wear at the extremities. The gilt lettering and publisher's device to the spine remain notably bright and unoxidised. The distinctive white punch-tape design band on the upper board is completely intact, though it bears a small, discrete red ink mark ("W") near the center. The text block is firm and tightly bound, and internally, the book remains clean and highly readable despite standard provenance markings on the endpapers.

Catalogue Note First edition, first printing. Len Deighton’s fourth spy novel (featuring the protagonist popularised as Harry Palmer) continued his trend of pushing the boundaries of the espionage genre, integrating cutting-edge computer technology and international geopolitics.

The book features brilliant and innovative endpaper designs, styled as a Honeywell AUTOMATH coding statement, which remain a hallmark of Deighton’s early Jonathan Cape publications. Interestingly, a previous owner ("P. Souber") has playfully integrated their ownership signature directly into the "Written By" field of the printed endpaper form. A red ink stamp for the "London Security Association Channel 8" is also present on the front endpaper, adding a charming, albeit unofficial, layer of espionage provenance to the copy.

Increasingly difficult to source in excellent condition. This copy, while lacking its dust jacket, remains a robust and attractive example of Deighton's Cold War classic.

General Midwinter, a maniacal Texas billionaire with a private army and a hyper-advanced, billion-dollar computer network, is orchestrating a private crusade to bring down the Soviet Union. Thrust into a freezing, high-stakes labyrinth that stretches from London to Helsinki, Riga, and San Antonio, our cynical, insubordinate, and unnamed British intelligence operative must navigate double agents, deadly freelance spies, and an apocalyptic conspiracy. A masterclass in 1960s espionage fiction, Billion-Dollar Brain is a razor-sharp techno-thriller that cemented Len Deighton's status as a titan of the Cold War spy novel.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Len Deighton

Book Publisher: Jonathan Cape

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Thriller & Suspense

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 314

Book Publication Year: 1966

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Raymond Hawkey (Endpaper Design)

Book Series: Harry Palmer / Unnamed Hero Series

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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