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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.
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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 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
Absolute Friends.
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
A Delicate Truth.
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
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. A fine copy. This edition includes a special introduction by the author..... More
A Perfect Spy.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. [Espionage novel] SECOND IMPRESSION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.463. Publisher's blue quarter cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, with blue cloth over boards and red endpapers. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by Howard J. Shaw, priced at £9.95. Identical to the first, except for..... More
The Tailor of Panama.
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
Agent Running in the Field.
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
Call For The Dead.
New York, NY: Walker and Company, 1962. [Spy Thriller] EARLY US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.128. Publisher's cyan quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and light brown paper over boards. With the blue and brown dust-jacket, not priced. Jacket sunned to spine, with a little rubbing to edges..... More
A Most Wanted Man.
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
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. A fine copy in like jacket. Basis for the acclaimed 2014 movie starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rachel McAdams. More
The Secret Pilgrim.
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
Single and Single.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Legal thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.336. Publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of £16.99. Signed by the author in black ink to the title page. Easter gift inscription to flyleaf else fine. Following his Cold..... More
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold [and] The Looking Glass War.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994. [Espionage Novels] FIRST THUS. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.190; pp.[8] 224 [10]. Publisher's glossy blue paper-covered boards, titled in white and orange. With the matching dust-jacket titled in gilt, not priced. Quite heavy browning to edges and margins of low grade paperstock. Light handling. Near..... More
The Little Drummer Girl.
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
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
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