Ashenden or the British Agent

Ashenden or the British Agent
William Somerset Maugham, 1928
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset (1874-1965). Ashenden or the British Agent. London: Heinemann, 1928.

First edition. "Maugham's Ashenden lifts the secret service sleuth high above the conventional conception of the spy-catcher" (Queen's Quorum 78).

Octavo. Publisher's original gilt lettered blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket (a few small chips to top edges, small closed tear at top of front fold); custom box.