The Karla Trilogy: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY; THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY; SMILEY'S PEOPLE [all 1st UK Editions - 2 Signed: Tinker Tailor & Schoolboy}

John Le Carre

ISBN 10: 0340188790 / ISBN 13: 9780340188798

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1974

About this Item

The famous Karla/George Smiley Trilogy by John Le Carre. ALL BOOKS are 1st UK Editions, 1st Printings. Tinker Tailor and Honourable Schoolboy have Le Carre signatures. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - 1st UK printing, 1974. A special Tinker Tailor genuine SIGNED card is laid in. A Near Fine/Near Fine book. Light foxing to the fore-edge and bottom edge, else a Fine unmarked book. The DJ has light foxing to the reverse side of the dust jacket, spine very lightly faded, else a beautiful clean unmarked book. Top edge stained plumb as issued. In a price clipped jacket which is nicely preserved in an archival jacket protector, though the spine has faded somewhat (as is so often the case). THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY - 1st UK printing, 1977. A Fine crisp, clean book, with a Le Carre signature affixed to the title page. In a Near Fine dust jacket with original price of £4.95 net in UK intact; the lamination is just starting to lift at the front joint. This copy in the less common black cloth binding with the much less common blank endpapers. Overall, a lovely copy. SMILEY'S PEOPLE - 1st UK Edition, 1979. A Fine unmarked book. As New. In the complete Dust Jacket with original price of £5.95 net in UK intact. The jacket is beautifully preserved and is like new. A better copy will be hard to find. A very attractive set of the 20th Century's best Cold War spy novels, with two signatures laid in. This three volume set will require extra shipping. Email for quote. Robust shipping.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Karla Trilogy: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY; THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY; SMILEY'S PEOPLE [all 1st UK Editions - 2 Signed: Tinker Tailor & Schoolboy}
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340188790
• ISBN 13: 9780340188798
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Smiley and his people are facing a remarkable challenge: a mole - a soviet double agent - who has burrowed his way in and up to the highest level of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of their vital operations and their best networks. The mole is one of their own kind. But which one?

''His people are full-bodied, believable individuals, the minor characters as vivid as the main cast ... a stunning story'

The Wall Street Journal

About the Author

John le Carré was born in 1931. His third novel, THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, secured him a wide reputation which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY and SMILEY'S PEOPLE. His other novels include THE CONSTANT GARDENER, A MOST WANTED MAN and OUR KIND OF TRAITOR.