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See below our stock of John Le Carre First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. [Intrigue] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.383; [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, and purple endpapers. With the purple dust-jacket designed by gray318, priced at £18.99. A fine, as-new..... More
London: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2013. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, WATERSTONES EDITION with added content. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 310; [1], Acknowledgements; [11], blank. With exclusive black and white portrait photograph as frontispiece, by Anton Corbijn. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, navy blue..... More
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. A fine copy. This edition includes a special introduction by the author..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. [Spy Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.410. Publisher's grey quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and purple paper-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £16.99. Gently toned to edges, with some minor water staining to spine, boards and jacket..... More
New York, NY: Scribner, 2008. [Spy Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 323 [3]. Publisher's black quarter cloth with silver titles to spine and red paper over boards. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at $28.00. Pink spot to top edge. A fine copy. Basis for the acclaimed..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2008. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17 cm). Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. A fine copy in like jacket. Basis for the acclaimed 2014 movie starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rachel McAdams. More
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. A lovely near fine copy, in like wrapper, clipped and repriced to £4.50 by the publisher. The semi-autobiographical story of a...... More
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[10] 335 [7]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to a tipped in blank. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by R.D...... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1991. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.335; [1], Note. Publisher's hardback cloth with navy blue endpapers, dust-wrapper priced at £14.95. A clean, fine copy in like jacket. An espionage novel with George Smiley in a supporting role. More
London: Heinemann, 1968. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm) pp.306; [2], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 30s. Autograph of John Le Carre in black ballpoint directly to title page. Discreet bookplate to flyleaf else a crisp, fine copy. 'A Small..... More
New York, NY: Coward-McCann, 1968. [Spy Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.383 [1]. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt facsimile signature to upper. Top edge orange. With the dust-jacket designed by Lennie Slonevsky, priced at $6.95. Gilt oxidised to spine. Some light marks..... More