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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
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
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
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
A Delicate Truth.
London: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2013. [Spy novel] LIMITED EDITION PROOF COPY, SIGNED. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.310; [1], Acknowledgements; [1], blank. Publisher's softcovers with publication details to foot of upper and lower panels. A lovely fine unread copy, SIGNED by the author directly to the title page..... 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 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
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The Little Drummer Girl [Proof copy and published book]
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF IN PROOF-ONLY WRAPPER, together with the FIRST EDITION. Two volumes, octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.429; 430. Publisher's pale blue softcovers in bronze-effect dust-jacket, and publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, in the trade dust-jacket. Both copies in very good condition..... 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
The Mission Song.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. [Thriller] SIGNED 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, russett-coloured endpapers pictorial dust-jacket. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine, unread copy. A naive young interpreter..... 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. A lovely near fine copy, in like wrapper, clipped and repriced to £4.50 by the publisher. The acclaimed novel follows Aldo..... 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
Our Kind of Traitor.
London: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2010. [Spy Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.306; [6]. Publisher's hardback black cloth binding lettered in gilt, red endpapers, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £18.99. A fine, unread copy. More
A Perfect Spy.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1986. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.463. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £9.95. A lightly used copy, slightly sunned to spine, discreet blind stamp to half title. Shows well. 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
The Pigeon Tunnel. Stories from My Life.
London: Viking an imprint of Penguin Books, 2016. [Memoirs] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.viii; 310; [2]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dark red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Matt Taylor with printed price of £20.00. Fine. More
The Russia House.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.344; [8]. Publisher's grey cloth, blue titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £12.95. Signed by the author directly to the title page. A near fine copy in like wrapper. Cold War espionage novel and..... More