"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway
John Le Carre (David John Moore Cornwell) | First Editions
1931
See below our stock of John Le Carre First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
![The Saville Club 1868-1968. [a souvenir booklet]. Monja DANISCHEWSKY, Stephen WATTS, John LE...](/pictures/thumb/55414.jpg?v=1579102566)
The Saville Club 1868-1968. [a souvenir booklet].
London: the Saville Club, 1968. [London Gentlemen's Club Centenary Booklet] SIGNED BY CONTRIBUTORS. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), pp.31 [1]. Also with the Centenary Dinner menu loose at rear. Liberally SIGNED by various contributors and club members, including Stephen Potter, John Pudney, Winston Graham, Ralph Richardson, Eric Linklater, as well..... More
A Small Town In Germany.
London: Heinemann, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm) pp.306; [2], blank. Burgundy cloth hardcover in pictorial dust-jacket. Price clipped else fine in a fine wrapper. 'A Small Town In Germany' is set in Bonn, the small and provincial capital of West Germany, where Le Carré had worked..... More
A Small Town In Germany.
London: Heinemann, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm) pp.306; [2], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket. Internally fine, some light toning and spotting to edges, small mark to flyleaf from a removed label. Cloth lightly handled. Price clipped wrapper with light bruising to..... More
The Mission Song.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, limited issue. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 339; [6], with a map of Africa at rear. Publisher's hardback in pictorial cloth slip-case. A fine, unopened copy in the publisher's slipcase title and pictured in silver, with original shrinkwrap intact. One of..... More
Absolute Friends.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2004. [Intrigue] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.383; [1]. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, purple endpapers, purple dust-wrapper with red and white titles, priced at £18.99. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine/as new copy. A theatrical masterstroke..... More
Absolute Friends.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2004. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.383; [1]. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, purple endpapers, purple dust-wrapper with red and white titles, priced at £18.99. A fine copy which appears to be unread. A theatrical masterstroke of tragi-comic writing and a...... More
A Delicate Truth.
London: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2013. [Spy novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.310; [1], Acknowledgements; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, navy blue endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. Signed by the author to 'Exclusive Signed Edition' leaf, and with..... More
A Delicate Truth.
London: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2013. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.310; [1], Acknowledgements; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, navy blue endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £18.99 with 'As heard on BBC Radio 4' sticker present to front panel..... More
The Little Drummer Girl.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.430. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted brown, in bronze-effect dust-jacket priced at £8.95. With author's signature in black ink to title page (not dated or dedicated). A fine copy of the book..... More
The Looking-Glass War.
London: Heinemann, 1965. [Cold War thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Post-octavo (20 x14cm), pp.[x]; 246. Publisher's hardcover in dust-wrapper. With autograph in ballpoint to flyleaf. A fine copy of the book in rich red jacket, entirely free of fading. Price-clipped with minor laminate shrink else a crisp fine example. Simply stunning-..... More
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[Manuscript Letter Signed].
no place: no publisher, 31st March 1997. [Letter] MANUSCRIPT LETTER. Handwritten letter on headed with printed addresses of the author's London and Cornish homes (29 x 20cm), mounted in a smart grey cloth hardcover wallet, lettered in gilt to the spine. The letter reads: "Dear Mr Snell, | Thank you..... More
The Night Manager.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.443; [5]. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper with printed price of £15.99. Cloth and wrapper lightly handled, wrapper spine marginally sunned. Near fine. Basis for the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning serial..... More
The Constant Gardener.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.508. Publisher's blue cloth hardback, brown endpapers, in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. A clean, near fine copy. Le Carre's acclaimed novel was filmed during 2005 and stars Ralph Fiennes as Kenya-based English diplomat Justin Quayle, whose wife..... More
A Legacy of Spies.
London: Viking an imprint of Penguin Books, 2017. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 264; [2]. Exclusive signed edition: Signed by the author in black ink to a tipped in leaf preceding half title. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket..... More
The Little Drummer Girl.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.430. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted brown, in bronze-effect dust-jacket. With author's signature in blue ink to title page (not dated or dedicated). Trivial toning to text block; jacket price clipped. An..... More
The Little Drummer Girl.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. [Spy Novel] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (27 x 19cm), pp.[14] 430 [4]. Number 419 of just 1048 copies specially produced for the Book-of-the-Month Club, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's tan quarter buckram with green cloth over..... More
The Mission Song.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 339; [6]. With a map of Africa at rear. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, russet endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £17.99. A fine/as new copy. A naive young interpreter stumbles into the heart of an..... More
A Most Wanted Man.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2008. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17 cm). Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. Minor dustiness to top edge, jacket with a few small marks; fine. Basis for the acclaimed movie starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. More
A Most Wanted Man.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2008. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17 cm). Publisher's black cloth hardback lettered in silver to spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper. Small crease to spine of jacket, which is price clipped. A near fine copy. Basis for the acclaimed movie starring Philip Seymour Hoffman... More
The Naive and Sentimental Lover.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971. [Suspense] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.416. Publisher's black cloth blocked in silver, grey endpapers, top edge tinted red, dust-jacket designed Tony Geddes. Jacket a touch sunned to spine else a near fine copy, with original price (£2.25) intact [often clipped]. The acclaimed novel..... More
The Naive and Sentimental Lover.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971. [Suspense] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.416. Publisher's black cloth blocked in gilt, grey endpapers, top edge tinted red, dust-jacket designed Tony Geddes. Bumped to lower corner, trivial wear to crown else a fine copy, with original price (£2.25) intact [often clipped]. The acclaimed..... More
Our Kind of Traitor.
London: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2010. [Spy Novel] PROOF COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8]; 305; [7]. Publisher's black wraps printed with gilt titles. Very light bumping to corners. Near fine. More
A Perfect Spy.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.463; [1] blank. Publisher's mid blue quarter cloth over lighter blue paper covered boards, scarlet endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Howard J. Shaw with printed price of £9.95 net in UK. Signed by the author directly to the..... More
The Pigeon Tunnel. Stories from My Life.
London: Viking an imprint of Penguin Books, 2016. [Memoirs] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.viii; 310; [2]. Exclusive signed edition: Signed by the author in black ink to a tipped in leaf preceding half title. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dark red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed..... More
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[The Quest For Karla trilogy] Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, together with; The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. [Thriller] FIRST OMNIBUS EDITION, with three titles in one. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[4]; 952. Publisher's quarter black cloth hardcovers lettered in silver, fore-edge untrimmed, typographic metallic-effect dust-wrapper. Clipped and repriced by the publisher to £17.99. A clean, near fine copy. A thrilling elegy for..... More