A LEGACY OF SPIES (First edition - first impression)
John le Carré (Pseudonym of David Cornwell)
Language: English
Published by Viking (Penguin), London, 2017
Series: Book 9 of 9 - George Smiley
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United KingdomOrlando Booksellers
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First impression of the true first edition, with "001" on the printer's page. ***Near fine in black boards with silver titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with clean pages and no ownership inscriptions. No internal foxing. No creases or tears. ***In a near fine colour printed dustwrapper which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £20.00. The dustwrapper is complete, with no discernible faults - just very slight rubbing to the extremities, but no creases, chips or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***242mm x 160mm. 264 pages plus one-page of acknowledgments by the author at the back of the book. ***"He can communicate emotion, from sweating fear to despairing love, with terse and compassionate conviction. Above all, he can tell a tale. Formidable equipment for a rare and disturbing writer' - Sunday Times (General quote taken from the back panel of the dustwrapper). ***First impression of the true first edition, in its original dustwrapper, in very nice bright, crisp, collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…
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- Title
- A LEGACY OF SPIES (First edition - first impression)
- Author
- John le Carré (Pseudonym of David Cornwell)
- Publisher
- Viking (Penguin), London
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0241308542
- ISBN 13
- 9780241308547
- Edition
- First Edition
- Printing
- First Impression
- Series
- Book 9 of 9: George Smiley
- Seller catalogs
- Crime Fiction & True Crime, First Editions, Literature
Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement, the Evening Standard, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, The Times
'A brilliant novel of deception, love and trust to join his supreme cannon' Evening Standard
'Vintage le Carré. Immensely clever, breathtaking. Really, not since The Spy Who Came in from the Cold has le Carré exercised his gift as a storyteller so powerfully and to such thrilling effect' John Banville, Guardian
Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the Cold War. Somebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater good.
Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, John le Carré has given us a novel of superb and enduring quality.
'Utterly engrossing and perfectly pitched. There is only one le Carré. Eloquent, subtle, sublimely paced' Daily Mail
'Splendid, fast-paced, riveting' Andrew Marr, Sunday Times
'Remarkable. Vintage John le Carré. It gives the reader, at long last, pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that have been missing for 54 years. Like wine, le Carré's writing has got richer with age. Don't wait for the paperback' The Times
'Perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the 20th century in Britain. He's in the first rank' Ian McEwan
'The literary event of the Autumn' Evening Standard
'One of those writers who will be read a century from now' Robert Harris
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