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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
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. 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
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. 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
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
The Looking-Glass War.
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
The Mission Song.
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
The Night Manager.
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
The Night Manager.
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
The Night Manager.
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
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. Lightly handled, price clipped. Near fine. Harry Pendel is the best known tailor in Panama and is..... 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 Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
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
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
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
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
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
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
The Constant Gardener.
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
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
A Most Wanted Man.
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
The Secret Pilgrim.
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
Single and Single.
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
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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