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200647330Hodder & Stoughton 2006. 8vo. First Edition; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver terracotta endpapers black silk marker a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
198749348WH Smith 1987. 8vo. First Edition thus; blue cloth backstrip lettered in white a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first omnibus edition of these two early Le Carre novels was published jointly by Heinemann Secker & Warburg and Octopus. This is the first - and scarcest - edition published exclusively for W H Smith. SCARCE. [WH Smith, hardcover
199443986Hodder & Stoughton 1994. Roy. 8vo. First Edition thus; original laminated pictorial boards a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. These two seminal works appear together here for the first time. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
198350006Hodder & Stoughton 1983. 8vo. First Edition; brown cloth gilt back brown top a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter lightly sunned at abckstrip as often. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
2016355490720417London 2016. London: The Guardian Weekend Supplement September 3 2016. A magazine. Superb front cover photograph of Le Carre at his desk. Takes the form of a 16-page Souvenir Pull-out including articles on: "How I Write" 2 pages; "My father: conman and inspiration" 2 pages "My father beat me up but only a few times and not with much conviction. When I was grown up he tried to sue me which I suppose is violence in disguise"; "A trip to Panama 2 pages; a 2-page picture of David Cornwell by the sea near his home in Cornwall "If I look over my life from here I see it as a succession of engagements and escapes and I thank goodness that the writing kept me relatively straight and largely sane". Lunches with the good and the great: "working with Sir Alec Guinness"; "meeting Margaret Thatcher"; Leading actors on Le Carre - Tom Hiddleston Elizabeth Debicki Rachel Weisz Damian Lewis David Harewood. A superb series of articles. Highly recommended. Photographs/scans available upon request. unknown
199943956Village Books Sarratt 1999. 8vo. First Edition with 3 full-page coloured illustrations and monochrome photographs in the text; blue cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. WITH THE 'PEOPLE OF SARRATT' BOOKLET LOOSELY INSERTED AND VOUCHER STICKER ON FRONT WRAPPER. This copy has the 'Sarratt Church by Moonlight' dustwrapper. [Village Books, Sarratt], hardcover
199151564Peerage Books 1991. 3 works in 1 vol. 8vo. page-edges tanning lightly as ever; laminated pictorial boards backstrip lettered in blue and black a very good bright clean copy. Reissue of the Reed collected edition of 1986. SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Peerage Books, hardcover
1963009925NY/LONDON : COWARD MC CANN / VICTOR GOLLANCZ LIMITED 1963. VARIANT . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. N/A . A VERY RARE EDITON BOUND IN BLACK WITH LIGHT TAN BOARDS GOLD LETTERING TO SPINE AND AUTHOR'S FACSIMILE SIGNATURE IN GOLD ON FRONT COVER BOOK STATES COWARD McCANN INC ON TITLE PAGE AND COPYRIGHT 1963 BY VICTOR GOLLANCZ ON COPYRIGHT PAGE NO OTHER EDITIONS OR PRINTINGS MENTIONED THIS IS A VERY EARLY EDTION AS BOTH COMPANIES AT THE TIME MARKED LATER PRINTINGS NO BOOK CLUB DIMPLES ON THIS VOLUME TITLE IS IN RED ON TITLE COPYRIGHT AND PREFACE PAGE WITH COWARD MC CANN STATED ON SPINE NO LINES TRANSPOSED NEAT PREVIOUS OWNERS SIGNATURE FOREDGE UNCUT TOP OF TEXTBLOCK DYED VERY LIGHT BUMP TO ONE TIP AN INTERESTING CONONDRUM <br/> <br/> COWARD MC CANN / VICTOR GOLLANCZ LIMITED hardcover
20086141<p>Hodder & Stoughton. London.2008. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. SIGNED BY Le Carre on the title page. Fine unread copy in fine dustwrapper. Still with the removable bookshop "Signed First Edition" sticker on front panel.:</p> Hodder & Stoughton. London. 2008 hardcover
199929660Hodder & Stoughton 1999. 8vo. Third Impression; maroon cloth gilt back ivory endpapers gold silk marker a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON BOOKPLATE MOUNTED ON TITLE. Published in the same year as the first edition. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
200132428New York: Scribner 2001. First American edition first printing. Large 8vo publisher's original white boards backed in blue cloth the spine lettered in silver in the original dustjacket. 492pp. Completely as mint a pristine copy. FIRST EDITION FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST ESPIONAGE WRITERS OF ALL TIME. Based on a real-life incident THE CONSTANT GARDENER tells the story of Justin Quayle a British diplomat whose activist wife is murdered. In seeking the reason behind her death he uncovers an international conspiracy involving corrupt bureaucracies and pharmaceutical money. The novel is the bases for the 2005 film of the same name starring starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz.<br> "A master chronicler of the betrayals of ordinary people caught in political conflict John le Carré portrays the dark side of unbridled capitalism as only he can. In The Constant Gardener he tells a compelling complex story of a man elevated through tragedy as Justin Quayle--amateur gardener aging widower and ineffectual bureaucrat--discovers his own natural resources and the extraordinary courage of the woman he barely had time to love." -Publisher. Scribner hardcover
198331890London: Hodder and Stoughton 1983. First Edition. 8vo publisher’s original brown cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine in the dustjacket. 429 pp. A fine copy with only very light mellowing to the spine panel of the dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. In this novel Le Carré has "presented us.with an original canvas of stunning freshness and topicality. In doing so he has written a deeply moving and courageous novel." Publisher Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
198332438New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. First Edition. Tall 8vo publisher’s original violet cloth covered boards lettered and decorated on the spine and upper cover in silver in the dustjacket. x 430 4 pp. A near to pristine copy very fine indeed. FIRST EDITION. In this novel Le Carré has "presented us.with an original canvas of stunning freshness and topicality. In doing so he has written a deeply moving and courageous novel." Publisher This is the story of the secret pursuit by Israeli intelligence agents of an exceptionally dangerous and elusive Palestinian terrorist leader and it is the.adventure of a young English actress drawn inexorably to the center of a magnificent deception. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
199632431New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1996. First American edition first printing. With coloured end-papers depicting canal builders and a map of Panama and the Panama Canal Zone. Large 8vo publisher's original blueboards backed in light gray cloth the upper cover and spine lettered in silver and in the original dustjacket. 332 8 pp. An as mint and completely pristine copy. A THRILLING YET HILARIOUS NOVEL OF A TAILOR TURNED SPY. LE CARRE'S PANAMA HAS BEEN CALLED "A CASABLANCA WITHOUT ANY HEROS."<br> Everyone who is anyone in Central America passes through the doors of Harry Pendel's Panama City tailing shop. This makes him the perfect though rather unusual recruit for a corrupt British M16 agent in the days leading up to local government taking full control of the Canal Zone.<br> In response to observations that the novel was a more light-hearted affair than his previous books le Carré replied that "I think I'm in the same mood as ever but in some ways more mature. I guess you could say that at sixty-five when you've seen the world shape up as I have there are only two things you can do: laugh or kill yourself. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1980mbb000345Hodder and Stoughton 1980. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 220x140x35mm. 220x140x35mm594g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Hodder and Stoughton. . 1980. First UK Edition. 1st Printing. . Pp327. Blue hard cloth boards in original dust jacket. clipped. Dedication on front paste down; very slight foxing to edges of pages - seen when closed; foxing to endpapers. Jacket has minor edge wear. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$30.00 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$47.80 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$54.80 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$13.00 1st Printing Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1994mbb005743London: Hodder and Stoughton 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 240x155x35mm. 240x155x35mm563g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1994. First Edition. 1st Printing. . Pp224. First Collected Edition 1st printing. Illustrated laminated hard boards; in original dust jacket unclipped. Head and foot of spine rolled front hinge slightly cracked age toning to paper slight waterstain to head of back endpapers. Dust jacket - wrinkled edges water stain to top of back end flap scratch line to back. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$30.00 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$47.80 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$54.80 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$17.40 1st Printing Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
199146196Hodder & Stoughton 1991. Roy. 8vo. Second Impression thus page-edges very lightly tanning as ever; black cloth upper board blocked in blind gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A bright copy of this elegant edition of the author's second novel first published in 1962. The Foreword is written specially for this edition. SCARCE. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
201042312Viking 2010. 8vo. Uncorrected US Proof Copy; original printed wrappers wrappers faintly age-soiled else a near fine copy. PROOF COPIES ARE SCARCE. Viking, unknown
2017355490722083London: Viking 2017. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First edition first printing. EXCLUSIVE SIGNED EDITION. Publisher's black boards with silver lettering to the spine and red end-papers. A near fine copy a couple of foxing spots to the bottom edge in a fine dustwrapper of the first edition from the initial run that features the signed tipped-in page with the printed date of September 2017. The book appears to have been read once. Photographs/scans available upon request. Viking hardcover
1995355490722077London: Hodder & Stoughton 1995. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition Third Impression with printing number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 Third Impression with coloured endpaper maps; black boards burgundy cloth back gilt purple silk marker a near fine copy in like unclipped dustwrapper. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE TITLE PAGE: "To Tony/ with my very best ---/ John Le Carre/ 25th August '95/ Penzance". Laid in is the Our Game Hodder Bookmark. Photographs/scans available upon request. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
196450269Gollancz 1964. 8vo. Ninth Impression tiny contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth gilt back edges lightly dust-soiled else a very good bright clean crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly age-soiled on predominantly white rear panel. Published five months after the first impression. Bright copy in dustwrapper of the most influential spy novel of the twentieth century. Gollancz, hardcover
199536388Hodder & Stoughton 1995. 8vo. Second Impression with coloured endpaper maps; black boards burgundy cloth back gilt purple silk marker a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
202246732Folio Society 2022. 8vo. First Edition thus with illustrated title and 8 full-page coloured illustrations; black cloth blocked and lettered in silver and green black top green endpapers a fine copy in publisher's blocked and printed board slip-case. Folio Society, hardcover
200951762Folio Society 2009. 8vo. First Edition thus with frontispiece and 8 plates; grey cloth upper board blocked in red backstrip lettered in silver grey endpapers a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. First volume of the most influential spy trilogy of the twentieth century. Folio Society, hardcover
196344013Gollancz 1963. 8vo. Second Impression before publication; dustwrapper laminated to boards fore-edges lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. Printed before publication. Bright copy of the most influential spy novel of the twentieth century. Gollancz, hardcover
