"Beware of the person of one book."
— Thomas Aquinas

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 publication. Top edge spotted, some moderate handling (likely read once). Shows well. Basis for the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning serial starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. John le Carre won the 1963 Somerset Maugham award and the 1977 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, two of the most prestigious literary awards in Britain. Item #61052
Price: £450.00