DEIGHTON, Len
London Dossier
Middlesex, Penguin Books, 1967
small 8vo, paperback, 304 p.; nice copy
First Penguin Books edition, simultaneously published by Jonathan Cape in hardcover in 1967. Edited by British author Len Deighton, ‘London Dossier’ is a guide book to London consisting of a collection of personal guides to the hidden gems and sites of London by a range of writers and raconteurs, many of them his friends. Deighton himself contributes 2 of the 14 essays. Other contributors include Daniel Farson, Adrain Flowers and Eric Clark.
The book, designed by Raymond Hawkey, is comprised of an outer front cover with a die-cut keyhole, and an inner cover bearing a photo of famed model Twiggy’s face, whose left eye peeps through the keyhole.
