Michael Frayn — The Russian Interpreter

London, Collins, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce to see signed true first edition of Michael Frayn's second novel, with the very smart original dust wrapper. An uncommon first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page.With the publisher's original price-clipped dust wrapper.This is the second novel to be published from English author Michael Frayn, winning the Hawthornden Prize in 1967. Frayn himself was an interpreter in Moscow in the 1950s, offering an authentic touch to this story. A Moscow University student Paul Manning becomes the paid interpreter of British businessman Gordon Proctor-Gould, leading to an escalated situation involving the girl Paul is in love with, and suspicions that Gordon may have something to hide.  In the original cloth binding. With the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with slight fading to the spine and light bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is also very smart, with edge wear and a couple minor chips to the spine head and tail. Slight sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Bookplate of one Chris Whitehouse to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.