"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "
— Oscar Wilde

See below our stock of John Le Carre First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
London: Heinemann, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm) pp.306; [2], blank. Burgundy cloth hardcover in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 30s. A moderately used copy, jacket with a few neat tape strips to reverse side. Very good. 'A Small Town In Germany' is set in Bonn, the small..... More
London: Heinemann, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm) pp.306; [2], blank. Burgundy cloth hardcover in pictorial dust-jacket. A lightly used copy with some minor edge wear, jacket with discreet tape strips to reverse side at spine ends, price clipped. Near fine. 'A Small Town In Germany' is..... More
London: Heinemann, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm) pp.306; [2], blank. Burgundy cloth hardcover in pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy in jacket. One of the best we have handled. 'A Small Town In Germany' is set in Bonn, the small and provincial capital of West Germany, where..... 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: Heinemann, 1965. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 246. Elegantly hand-bound in half red morocco over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, top edge gilt. Contents clean, exterior as new. A fine copy in a handsome recent leather binding. Follow-up to..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. [Spy Fiction] 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 slipcase. A fine, as-new copy, still in the shrink-wrap. A naive young interpreter stumbles into the heart of an..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Presentation copy. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.443; [5]. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £15.99. Signed, with a brief four-line inscription by the author to the title page, dated within a month of..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.443 [5]. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine, and red endpapers. With the red and blue dust-jacket, priced at £15.99. Light edge wear, with some spotting to top edge. Discreet ink ownership to flyleaf. Near fine..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993, [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.443 [5]. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine, and red endpapers. With the red and blue dust-jacket. Lightly handled, jacket price clipped. A near fine copy. Basis for the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning 2016 TV series..... 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. Lightly handled, price clipped. Near fine. Harry Pendel is the best known tailor in Panama and is..... 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 with 'As heard on BBC Radio 4' sticker present to front panel..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. [Espionage thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222; [2], blank. Elegantly hand-bound in full blue oasis morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, marbled endpapers, original cloth spine bound in at rear, top edge gilt. Contents clean, exterior unmarked. A fine copy in..... More
London: The Reprint Society, 1964. [Spy Thriller] first UK book club edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.240. Publisher's red quarter paper with gilt titles to spine and black paper over boards. Top edge black. With the red dust-jacket. Some light spotting to edges, minor wear to jackets. Near fine. A...... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. [Espionage thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222; [2], blank. Publisher's VARIANT brown cloth, rather than blue, with gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket priced at 18s. Book is fine, jacket a little edgeworn with a few short tears. Overall an attractive copy of the..... More
London: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2019. [Spy Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 281 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink directly to the title page. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine and navy endpapers. With the red dust-jacket priced at £20..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.508. Publisher's blue paper-covered boards with bronze titles to spine and brown endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket. Near fine. Le Carre's acclaimed novel was filmed during 2005 and stars Ralph Fiennes as Kenya-based English diplomat Justin Quayle, whose..... 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, 2008. [Thriller]. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17 cm). Publisher's hardback, red endpapers, pictorial cloth slip-case. A fine/ as new copy. One of 500 copies issued especially for Hatchards, with an autographed limitation page appearing before the title. Basis for the acclaimed 2014 movie..... 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. Likely read once. A near fine copy in like jacket. An espionage novel with George Smiley in a supporting role. More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Legal thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.336. Publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt titles to spine, yellow endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of £16.99. Lightly handled; near fine. Following his Cold War espionage novels, John Le Carré now switches to the post-Soviet Union environment..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Thriller] 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. Edges lightly marked, jacket clipped. Notwithstanding, this is a fresh-looking copy. 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. Bumped to lower corner, trivial wear to crown else a fine copy, with original price (£2.25) intact [often clipped]. The acclaimed..... More