THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS
First edition in book form of this "man on the run" spy novel, in which Richard Hannay escapes to Scotland just ahead of accusations he has murdered a secret agent.
First edition in book form of this "man on the run" spy novel, in which Richard Hannay escapes to Scotland just ahead of accusations he has murdered a secret agent.
First impression of the influential early spy novel that set the model for the genre in the 20th century.
First edition of this Cold War thriller about an American soldier brainwashed into becoming a sleeper agent for the Societ Union, and his commanding officer's efforts to uncover the truth; twice adapted into critically-acclaimed films.
First issue of one of Conrad's best novels, a thriller depicting terrorism in Edwardian London.
First edition of a Cold War spy thriller about a police detective who stumbles upon a mole in the CIA.
First impression of the 4th James Bond book, in which the spy must infiltrate a smuggling ring in the black market diamond trade.
First impression, first issue of the 2nd James Bond novel, a lovely copy in the rare first-state dust jacket.
First impression of the elusive 3rd James Bond novel, in a lovely original dust jacket with some light restoration.
First impression, the only book in the James Bond series told from the point of view of a woman rather than from Bond's own perspective.
First impression of the James Bond thriller set in Japan, often cited as one of the best in the series.
Handsome first printing of this Cold War-inflected political thriller of a near-future Chinese-Soviet-American military conflict.
First printing of Le Carré's masterpiece of moral ambiguity in Cold War espionage.
First edition of this World War II tale of action and adventure, as three soldiers work to sabotage the guns wreaking havoc on their comrades; adapted into an Oscar-winning film.
First edition, first impression of Maugham's collection of interrelated stories about a writer employed as a spy in World War I, drawing from the author's personal experience in the British Secret Intelligence Service.
First edition in Russian of Pasternak's epic, its international success helping to cement his Nobel Prize win of the same year.
Signed first edition, "specially bound by the publisher," a thriller in which "legendary spy and art restorer" Gabriel Allon goes into the field for one last job.
Signed first edition, specially bound by the publisher, a thriller featuring "legendary spy and art restorer" Gabriel Allon.
First printing of this novel imagining retribution for the murder of a Black teenager by a white police officer, mixing the political thriller with apocalyptic fiction.