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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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Our Game.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. [Spy Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 302; [8]; Endmatter. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, fore-edge untrimmed, cartographic endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Carol Devine Carson, priced at $24. Very lightly edge worn. Fine. Cold War-era..... 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 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
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
The Mission Song.
London: Hodder & 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 original shrink-wrap. A naive young interpreter stumbles into the heart of..... More
A Perfect Spy.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION. 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. A crisp, clean copy with just..... 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. A fine..... 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
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 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
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.
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
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
Our Kind of Traitor.
New York, NY: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2010. [Spy Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.306; [6]. Publisher's hardback binding lettered in gilt to spine, fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by Gregg Kulick, priced at $27.95. A fine, unread copy. Secret Service novel from the master..... More
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