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

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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. Seller Inventory # 007954

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Karla Trilogy: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY...

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London

Publication Date: 1974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

From the author of THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY, SMILEY'S PEOPLE and THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, a tale of espionage in which George Smiley embarks on a mission to catch a Soviet mole who has been operating for some thirty years.

From the Publisher:

John Le Carre's internationally famous hero, British Secret Service Agent George Smiley, has a world-class problem. He has discovered a mole--a Soviet double agent who has managed to burrow his way up to the highest level of British Intelligence. Under the direction of Karla, Smiley's equivelent in the Soviet Union, the agent has already blown some of the most vital secret operations and most productive networks. Now-how can Smiley use a lifetime's worth of espionage skills to ferret out a spy who posseses them as well?

"A stunning story of espionage."--The Wall Street Journal.

"Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster."--Newsweek