1952*1st* Ashenden or The British Spy - W. Somerset Maugham (Pan Books)

1952*1st* Ashenden or The British Spy - W. Somerset Maugham (Pan Books) Paperback has repairs but is first Pan issue. 
This 1952 first edition of *Ashenden or The British Spy* by W. Somerset Maugham, published by Pan Books, offers a historically significant literary work that influenced the spy fiction genre, reflecting Maugham’s experience in intelligence during World War I.