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DEIGHTON**, LEN: : WINTER: A BERLIN FAMILY 1899 - 1945. **

LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1987.

ISBN 0091709601.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Prequel to Deighton's GAME,SET,MATCH's Cold War spy trilogy.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj and book has a very slight lean.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Hargrave Hands - dw/dj designed by Raymond Hawkey - illustrated dw/dj,with black, red and silver gilt lettering to both panels and a very,very lightly sunned/faded spine; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - one small nick/closed tear at head of spine/backstrip's top,rear gutter's edge's crease but no other major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - virtually unblemished,no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate black+ red flora design illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,1-536pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,random years (covering 1899-1945) dedicated chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,an epigram/quotation,and 2pp blanks at the rear. Throughout Deighton's trilogy of 'Game', 'Set' and 'Match' references are made to Bernard Samson's childhood in post-war Berlin and he's gathered these threads into possibly one of his finest books in 'WINTER'. Since then,the series has expanded into a full-blown spy saga, containing 10 books/titles including: 'SPY HOOK','SPY LINE' and 'SPY SINKER' - this title supposedly ending the 'Bernard Samson' saga - there was however,a final trilogy 'FAITH', 'HOPE',and finally 'CHARITY'. The readers of Deighton's 'Game','Set' and 'Match' trilogy (set in the 1980s) will be pleased to discover some people they know already such as Lisl Hennig,the hotel proprietor and her bridge partner Lothar Koch.Here too are friends and relatives: Werner Volmann's father and Bernard Samson's father both play important parts in the story,so does Bret Rensselaer's step-father.Readers will recognise many other old friends from the previous stories and see why 'WINTER' is indeed the 4th book of the trilogy (then 1987). Deighton draws a vivid picture of life in Nazi Germany and uses an upper middle- class family to provide a remarkable inside view of the Hitler regime,and of the muddle and madness that led up to it. Want more Len DEIGHTON titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,GENERAL and NAVAL/MILITARY catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

DEIGHTON**, LEN: : WINTER: A BERLIN FAMILY 1899 - 1945. **

LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1987.

ISBN 0091709601.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Prequel to Deighton's GAME,SET,MATCH's Cold War spy trilogy.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Hargrave Hands - dw/dj designed by Raymond Hawkey - illustrated dw/dj, with black,red and silver gilt lettering to both panels and a very,very lightly sunned/faded spine; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - virtually unblemished,no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate black +red flora design illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-536pp [paginated] includes a prologue,random years (covering 1899-1945) dedicated chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,an epigram/ quotation,and 2pp blanks at the rear. Throughout Deighton's trilogy of 'Game', 'Set' and 'Match' references are made to Bernard Samson's childhood in post-war Berlin and he's gathered these threads into possibly one of his finest books in 'WINTER'. Since then,the series has expanded into a full-blown spy saga, containing 10 books/titles including: 'SPY HOOK','SPY LINE' and 'SPY SINKER' - this title supposedly ending the 'Bernard Samson' saga - there was however,a final trilogy 'FAITH', 'HOPE',and finally 'CHARITY'. The readers of Deighton's 'Game','Set' and 'Match' trilogy (set in the 1980s) will be pleased to discover some people they know already such as Lisl Hennig,the hotel proprietor and her bridge partner Lothar Koch.Here too are friends and relatives: Werner Volmann's father and Bernard Samson's father both play important parts in the story,so does Bret Rensselaer's step-father.Readers will recognise many other old friends from the previous stories and see why 'WINTER' is indeed the 4th book of the trilogy (then 1987). Deighton draws a vivid picture of life in Nazi Germany and uses an upper middle-class family to provide a remarkable inside view of the Hitler regime,and of the muddle and madness that led up to it. Want more Len DEIGHTON titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,GENERAL and NAVAL/MILITARY catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,the stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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