Honourable Schoolboy, Signed (27 results)

A like new SIGNED copy; book and unclipped dustjacket have no discernible faults. Now protected in a removable mylar sleeve. Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st US Trade Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by author on a bookplate attached to half-title page (signature only). $10.95 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. There are only a handful of these signed copies for sale online at the time of listing. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK, using recycled materials where we can.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Honourable Schoolboy Signed by John le Carré First Edition Hodder & Stoughton 1977. No previous owner's marks or inscriptions, contents and edges free of any foxing. A VG+ copy in a VG dust jacket. Not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to bookplate on half title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Honourable Schoolboy Signed by John le Carré First Edition Hodder & Stoughton 1977. No previous owner's name inscriptions or marks. Contents unblemished throughout and free of foxing. A VG copy in like dust jacket with a crease to front flap (see image). No tears or loss and not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to bookplate on half title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. The Karla Trilogy Signed First Editions Hodder & Stoughton 1974, 1977 & 1980. Comprising: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy & Smiley's People. Signed by John le Carré. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Near fine. No previous owner's inscriptions or marks, contents clean and unblemished. Signed by author to bookplate on half title page. Near fine dust jacket. No creasing or loss unclipped. The Honourable Schoolboy: VG. No previous owner's name inscriptions or marks. Contents unblemished throughout, free of foxing. Signed by author to bookplate on half title page. In a VG dust jacket. Crease to front flap, no tears or loss, unclipped. Smiley's People: VG+. No previous owner's name inscriptions or marks. Covers unmarked. Signed by author to bookplate on half title page. In a VG+ dust jacket with no fading to spine. Not price clipped. Signed by Author(s).

First editions, first impressions, of the complete Karla Trilogy. Each volume with a bookplate signed by the author affixed to the title page. Three volumes, octavo. Original black and dark blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, Smiley device stamped in gilt on the front board of vol I. Map endpapers and paste-downs to vol II. With the original pictorial dust jackets. Some fading to top-stain of vol I and uneven toning to edges with small area of abrasion to front endpapers of vols I and III. Boards bright with sharp gilt lettering. A touch of rubbing here and there to edges, but contents otherwise clean throughout. A few small tears to edges of jacket of vol I with associated and inconspicuous tape repairs to verso; edges a little rubbed with a crease to bottom corner of lower flap and usual fading to spine panel. The dust jacket of vol II is unpriced (intended for export) and aside from the slightest hint of fading to the spine panel and a tiny nick with small tape repair to verso with an associated crease, is in excellent condition. The vol III dust jacket has a small tear to spine foot with a tiny chip to one corner and very slight traces of rubbing, else near fine. A complete and very good set of le Carré's celebrated 'Karla Trilogy', each volume bearing the author's signed bookplate.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HARDBACK - A very good book bound in the publisher's blue cloth boards that are clean, but with very mild fading to the edges of the front and rear boards ( about 1mm of fading ). Internally the book is free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. Warmly inscribed by the author to the page opposite to the copyrite page. The inscription reads - AND FOR MARYELLA / FOR HER / ? TH / BIRTHDAY / WITH BEST WISHES / FROM / DAVID / ALIAS / JOHN LE CARRE. There is light foxing to the closed page block, also with some foxing to the prelim pages. There is the odd mark to the inner text, but overall a very good book the Hong Kong map end-papers present. The dust wrapper is a very good example with a couple of very small chips to the spine tips, also with light foxing to the front and rear flaps. The publisher's printed price of £4.95net present. Included with the book is a lovely hand written letter by the author on his headed note paper to the same Maryella to whom the book is inscribed. It is evident with the double sided letter that Maryella and her family were friends of David Cornwell. It mentions in the letter that the author was unable to meet up as he has filming commitments in the far east over the Autumn of 1990. A personal letter with nice content. Two copies of the Honourable Schoolboy were printed simultaneously. The UK edition ( THIS COPY ) with the blue boards, map end papers and a £4.95 priced dust wrapper. The second copy was printed with black boards, with plain white end papers, and with a dust wrapper which had no printed price to the lower front flap. This copy was printed and destined for the export market. Should you wish to see a more detailed set of images regarding this title, please refer to our website, as we are limited to only five images herewith. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 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. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This is a beautiful copy signed on the title page by the author. The ticket to the signing event is laid in (signed in Toronto 1999). First USA edition and first printing. A very small smudge on the lower text block is the only note with respect to condition. A beautiful copy in fine/fine, very collectible condition. Pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. HARDBACK - A very good book bound in the publisher's blue cloth boards that are clean, but with mild pushing to the spine tips. Free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. Signed by the author to the title page. There is light foxing to the top page block, else a nice clean copy with the Hong Kong map end-papers present. The dust wrapper is a very good or better example with a couple of very small chips to the spine tip, but with no other loss or chipping and with no fading to the spine. The publisher's printed price of £4.95net present. Two copies of the Honourable Schoolboy were printed simultaneously. The UK edition with the blue boards, map end papers and a £4.95 priced dust wrapper. The second copy was printed with black boards, with plain white end papers, and with a dust wrapper which had no printed price to the lower front flap. This copy was printed for the export market. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Book & Jacket, First Edition First Print , Signed below name to title page, in a protective cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1977. First edition. Full leather gilt. Illustrated by Ben F. Wohlberg. One of an unspecified number of copies of the first edition with a special message from the author to subscribers that does not appear in the trade edition. signed Ex Libris from Holland. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 8vo. Book Club Edition. SIGNED by author to title page. Full black cloth. 533 pp. Fine condition in a fine graphic slipcase. Here is John le Carre's richest, most accomplished work. Suspense, excitement, the techniques of espionage as only he has been able to make them real for us - together with a growing capacity for sustained action, a grandly conceived and intricately drawn plot, and profound observation of the Far Eastern landscape. The Honourable Schoolboy is both a supreme entertainment and a major novel. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A lovely first printing of the first English edition [Hodder & Stoughton London (1977)], signed by author John Le Carre by way of a laid in 4"x6" photograph. The book is in near fine condition with scuffs on the spine but no remainder marks, a tight and square binding, with no owner inscriptions or highlighting and no staining. The dust jacket is in very good condition, price-clipped, with small creases, chips and some shelf wear. It is now protected by an archival cover which is easily removable. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: JACKET VERY GOOD+. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. Just signed by author with no inscription. Bookplate is attached to the book. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. TRUE FIRST PRINTING. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY! (Stock image may not be of this edition.). Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. This leather bound luxury publication is a limited edition privately printed exclusively for members of the First Edition Society, The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania 1977. Leather bound, signed to a neat tipped in bookplate and carrying an exclusive special foreword written by le Carre for this edition. Exceptionally rare in any state, this is brand new unopened and in totally pristine condition. The only signed copy available online at time of listing. The height of luxury special edition publishing, the production of the book is sumptious. Will look splendid on the shelf. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. [Espionage thriller] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS, first impressions, SIGNED in each volume via a laid-in autograph card. Attractively presented. Three volumes complete, uniform octavos (22 x 14 x 11cm). Publisher's blue and black hardcovers lettered in gilt, purple top stain to first volume, peach-coloured endpapers to first volume, Hong Kong/China map endpapers to second volume (the earliest issue), photographic dust-jackets. All three volumes free from inscriptions, final vol. price clipped, top edge colour to vol. 1 is a little sunned, other edges are clean, jackets all have small nicks and, first jacket sunned to spine. A very good, natural set. The author's masterwork, a thrilling elegy for post-imperial Britain. 'Tinker Tailor.' was the basis for the Oscar-nominated 2011 film starring Gary Oldman. The author's acclaimed novels featuring George Smiley were instrumental in developing hardened post-Fleming spy thrillers. Listed in The Observer's All-Time 100 Best Novels [2003] and The Times' NovelList 60 Greatest Books Poll [2013]. See also Haining: Crime Fiction, p.208. Signed.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974-77-80). A SIGNED SET of the 'Karla' Trilogy. All three titles are the First UK printings published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1974, 1977 and 1980 respectively and have been signed by the late John Le Carré to the title page. The set comprises: Volume 1: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1974). First UK Edition. Black boards in fine condition, clean end-papers, very clean pages, no foxing whatsoever to the page block edges or to the end-papers, top-stain lightly faded in part. Signed in black by the author on the title page without dedication as "David Cornwell/ aka/ John Le Carré". The £2.95 net dustwrapper is very near fine with slight paling to the spine, and shows well. The first impression of Le Carré's first novel in the Karla Trilogy, in which George Smiley makes his fifth appearance as a 'master of the black arts of deceit' in British Intelligence. Volume 2: The Honourable Schoolboy (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1977). First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Plain (second issue) end-papers. No foxing. No offsetting. A near fine copy in like price-clipped dustwrapper with some very minor rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Signed by the Author (without dedication) as John Le Carré to the title page. Volume 3: Smiley's People (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1980). First UK Edition, First Impression. Signed by the late John Le Carré to the title page. Publisher's blue boards with gilt spine lettering. A fine copy (with NO FOXING) in like dustwrapper (priced £5.95 to the inside flap) with no spine fade. Signed in black ink by the Author to the title page as "John Le Carré". John Le Carré's magnum opus. All 3 books housed together in a quarter black morocco clamshell box. Photographs/scans available upon request. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. First Editions, First Printings. Octavos, Three Volumes. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jackets. Volume 1 spine teal with white lettering. Volume 2 and 3 spines black with white lettering. Volume 1 dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "£2.95". Volume 2 dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price clipped. Volume 3 dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "£5.95". Minor chipping and tearing to Volume 1 dust jacket. Minor creasing to bottom right corner of front cover of Volume 1 dust jacket. Minor chipping and wear to edges and corners of Volume 2 dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to Volume 3. All volumes' spines slightly cocked. Slight age toning to edges of boards of Volume 2. Slight scuffing to edges of Volume 1 text block. Stain to outer edge of Volume 2 text block. Volume 3 text block clean. Previous bookstore sticker adhered to front pastedown of Volume 1. Volume 2 interior pages clean. All volumes signed by Le Carré on the title pages. Tinker Tailor and Honourable Schoolboy flat signed, Smiley's People signed and dated '15 iii '99'.Top edge of Volume 1 text block dyed faded red. CONTENTS: Vol. 1 "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", 349 pages - Vol. 2 "The Honourable Schoolboy", 532 pages - Vol. 3 "Smiley's People", 327 pages. DL Consignment. Shelved Case 7. 1399813. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. John le Carré aka David Cornwell (1974-79) 'The Karla Trilogy', all UK first editions, first printings, published by Hodder and Stoughton. All are signed and inscribed by the author on the respective title pages. The set consists of: 1) 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'; signed and inscribed: "For Leon | from John le Carré | 24 ii '99 | Leeds". In fine condition with just the top edge slightly faded. No previous owner's scribbles of any sorts and clean throughout. The dust jacket is NOT faded on the spine as almost always found, NOT clipped. Housed in a solander case produced by the Chelsea Bindery. 2) 'The Honourable Schoolboy'; signed and inscribed: "John le Carré | for | Harry Bracken". This is the rarer variant with blank endpapers, less common than the version with map endpapers. Near fine with Harry Bracken's name on the ffep. The dust jacket is NOT clipped. 3) 'Smiley's People'; signed and inscribed: "John le Carré | for Trevor | with best wishes | 11 Jan 85". In fine condition with no previous owner's scribbles of any sorts. All books are in great condition with light shelf wear only. The Karla Trilogy is probably the greatest achievement of spy fiction to date. A landmark book introducing and popularising an entire spy jargon to readers which is now frequently used in the genre. Largely inspired by the Cambridge Five scandal the books were an immediate success. Adapted into a British TV-series starring the great ALec Guinness, as well as a 2011 Blockbuster film starring Gary Oldman. Signed AND inscribed first editions of the Karla trilogy do not often appear on the market with the majority of specimen being 'flat signed'. Inscribed copies add the little bit of extra handwriting allowing us to verify the signatures as genuine more easily, and they bear more personality. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. [Espionage thriller] ALL FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED in first volume. Three volumes complete, uniform octavos (22 x 14 x 11cm). Publisher's blue and black hardcovers lettered in gilt, purple top stain to first volume, peach-coloured endpapers to first volume, Hong Kong/China map endpapers to second volume (the earliest issue), photographic dust-wrappers. Signed directly to title page (without dedication) in blue ballpoint. A moderately used set with some acceptable wear, dustiness/spotting to edges, jackets not clipped, some edge wear, gently sunned to spines, a few short tears to crown of second volume with a few small tape strips to reverse side. Shows well. The author's masterwork, a thrilling elegy for post-imperial Britain. 'Tinker Tailor.' was the basis for the Oscar-nominated 2011 film starring Gary Oldman. From the collection of distinguished French literature scholar Artine Artinian (1907-2005), with his elegant bookplate to pastedown. Artinian edited and published the complete short stories of Guy de Maupassant, plus criticism and bibliography. Listed in The Observer's All-Time 100 Best Novels [2003] and The Times' NovelList 60 Greatest Books Poll [2013]. See also Haining: Crime Fiction, p.208. Signed.

First editions of each title in the author's acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Each volume is signed by John le Carre on a bookplate, with two signed "John le Carre aka David Cornwell." Each are in fine condition. Each volume is housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional set, uncommon signed. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy garnered instant praise for Le Carre as "[t]he premier spy novelist of his time. Perhaps of all time" (Time). "Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster" (Newsweek). Le Carre's inspiration drew from his experience of the revealing of the Cambridge Five traitors in the 1950s and '60s (Anthony, 2009), and the novel's popularity can be seen in relation to those shocking events. In 2011, the novel was adapted into a successful film, starring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth, and it received three nominations at the 84th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Actor. This successful production is but one of Le Carre's numerous accolades in espionage fiction. He was awarded both the Helmerich Award and the Goethe Medal, and, in 2008, The Times ranked Le Carré 22nd on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945.".

First editions of each title in the author's acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, 3 volumes. Each volume is signed by John le Carre on a bookplate to the title page. Each is near fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, uncommon in this condition and signed. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy garnered instant praise for Le Carre as "[t]he premier spy novelist of his time. Perhaps of all time" (Time). "Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster" (Newsweek). Le Carre's inspiration drew from his experience of the revealing of the Cambridge Five traitors in the 1950s and '60s (Anthony, 2009), and the novel's popularity can be seen in relation to those shocking events. In 2011, the novel was adapted into a successful film, starring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth, and it received three nominations at the 84th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Actor. This successful production is but one of Le Carre's numerous accolades in espionage fiction. He was awarded both the Helmerich Award and the Goethe Medal, and, in 2008, The Times ranked Le Carré 22nd on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945.".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Proof copy published by Hodder & Stoughton, London in 1977. The wrappered PROOF is in Very Good++ or better condition and is bound in plain white card covers. Blue map endpapers which are slightly undersized. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The scarce proof WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. There is a little loss, creasing and rubbing at the spine tips with a little edge-wear at the corners. There is a sticker to the front cover publicising '120,000 copies first printing', 'record paperback price paid for UK rights' and 'simultaneous world publication on September 8th'. The wrapper is identical to that for the first trade edition although it differs in a few respects being slightly shorter, with a promotional sticker to the upper panel, larger spacing to the text on the lower flap and with a misspelling of the photographer's surname. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the title page. A very scarce proof copy of the second title in the acclaimed 'Karla Trilogy'. Signed proof copies of this title are exceptionally scarce. Collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s).

A first edition, first printing of 'The Honourable Schoolboy' published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1977. A very good book (a touch of wear to the spine tips) - map endpapers. In a very good unclipped wrapper with a little wear to the spine tips and the corners. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Tom Baker (I want to say the 7th Doctor??) to the half-title page to fellow actor Ronald Fraser, for Ronnie/with love from/Tom Baker who /never never/doubts your/loveley [sic] gifts/on a day to/celebrate, June 1980/. The second novel of the Karla Trilogy. Rare.

First editions, each work signed on the title page. The trilogy saw the return of le Carré's hero and master-spy George Smiley, almost ten years after the success of The Looking Glass War in 1965. Smiley is "an anti-Bond figure: dumpy, bespectacled, intellectual, mundane, and nearly invisible. In the Karla Trilogy. le Carré perfects the novelistic form of the realist spy" (Prévost, p. 197). Maxime Prévost, "Mythology and Diplomacy in Works by Ian Fleming and John le Carré", in Isabelle Daunais & Allan Hepburn, eds, Diplomacy and the Modern Novel, 2020. Three works, octavo. Original black and blue boards, spines lettered in gilt, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy decorated on spine and front board in gilt, top edge red, tan endpapers, The Honourable Schoolboy with map endpapers. With dust jackets. Spine ends gently bumped, foot Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy a little rubbed, Smiley's People spine slightly leaning, edges foxed, just extending to contents; all jackets unclipped, extremities a little rubbed with occasional nicks, two short closed tears to upper edge of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, laminate of The Honourable Schoolboy lifting a little along the spine, rear panel toned, short closed tear to upper edge: a very good set in like jackets.

London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1974, 1977, 1979. 8vo. Three volumes. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: original black cloth lettered in gilt to spine with Smiley monogram in gilt to upper board, top edge of text block purple (fresh and unfaded); The Honourable Schoolboy: original blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, this copy the variant with illustrated map endpapers; Smiley's People: original blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine; all in the original illustrated dust-jackets; pp. 349, [1]; pp. 532; pp. 327, [1]; wrappers with occasional rubs and nicks to edges and extremities, Tinker Tailor and Smiley a touch faded to the spine, discreetly reapaired closed tear (c. 3cm) to upper front edge of Smiley wrapper; overall, a crisp, sharp near fine set. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy inscribed in black ink, "John Le Carre / a.k.a David Cornwell / 19th November 2019 / Cornwall".A bright sharp set of first editions and printings of the author's great trilogy, the first volume signed and dated by the author as both David Cornwell and John Le Carre.Le Carre's magnum opus, the trilogy constitutes one of the most significant achievements of postwar British fiction. Through George Smiley's extended struggles with his Soviet counterpart and nemesis, Karla, the sequence as a whole recasts the spy novel as a study of institutional failure, moral compromise, and the long erosion of Cold War certainties.

First edition, signed by the author on the title page. This is the second novel in le Carré's Karla trilogy, featuring the return of le Carré's hero and master-spy George Smiley, "an anti-Bond figure: dumpy, bespectacled, intellectual, mundane, and nearly invisible. In the Karla Trilogy. le Carré perfects the novelistic form of the realist spy" (Prévost, p. 197). Maxime Prévost, "Mythology and Diplomacy in Works by Ian Fleming and John le Carré", in Isabelle Daunais & Allan Hepburn, eds, Diplomacy and the Modern Novel, 2020. Octavo. Original dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, map endpapers. With dust jacket. Extremities rubbed; jacket lightly edge-worn, unclipped: a very good copy in like jacket.