Single & Single (Signed First Edition)
LE CARRE, John
ISBN 10: 0340738979 ISBN 13: 9780340738979
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1999
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First British edition and first printing. Hardcover. 336 pages. Another thriller from the author of "The Russia House." A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Le Carre on the title page. A fresh seemingly unread copy. Seller Inventory # 207931
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A corporate lawyer from the House of Single & Single is shot dead in cold blood on a Turkish hillside. A children's entertainer in Devon is hauled to his local bank late at night to explain a monumental influx of cash. A Russian freighter is arrested in the Black Sea. A celebrated London financier has disappeared into thin air. A British customs officer is on a trail of corruption and murder. The logical connection of these events is one of the many pleasures of this extraordinary new novel of love, deceit and the triumph of humanity. SINGLE & SINGLE is a thrilling journey of the human heart - intimate, magical and riotous, revealing le Carre at the height of his dramatic and creative powers.
Review: On a Turkish hillside, ex-Communist mobsters shatter the skull of a corrupt English lawyer. In a sleepy English village, the authorities ask a lonely children's magician how come £5,000,030 sterling just got anonymously deposited in his baby daughter's bank account. With machine-like logic and soulful literary magic, John le Carré links these two events in Single & Single, a stay-up-all-night thriller.
The magician is Oliver Single, the tormented son of Tiger Single, a rogue banker the Financial Times calls "the knight errant of Gorbachev's New East." In fact, Tiger is sinking his fangs into that crucial one-tenth of world trade free of pesky regulations--illegal drugs--and secretly selling donated disaster-relief blood. Mum's the word in Tiger's mob: as the lawyer's executioner notes, "Is not convenient to hear that American capitalists are bleeding poor nations literally."
Oliver comes in from the cold to help spymaster Brock track Tiger down. That £30 sterling signified Judas's silver, but Oliver yearns to save Tiger's life, too. Le Carré wizardly juggles dozens of characters in a zigzag, globetrotting plot. You-are-there realism, narrative drive, pitch-perfect dialog--why can't movies be this good? Like lightning, le Carré's metaphors both dazzle and blazingly illuminate the world.
Ex-spy le Carré was there when the Berlin Wall went up, and his spy craft is legendarily realistic. His female spy/love interest is less so--the opposite of a femme fatale, she might be termed a "deus sex machina." But the book's crucial father-son relationship is quite real, because, like the irresistible villain of A Perfect Spy, Tiger is based on le Carré's own con-man dad. The cold war is over, but le Carré is hot. And he will endure. --Tim Appelo
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Title: Single & Single (Signed First Edition)
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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Single & Single
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ISBN 10: 0340738979
ISBN 13: 9780340738979
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1999 1st edition 1st impression. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles, unclipped pictorial dustjacket, flat signed by author to the title page, gold colour ribbon page marker. Condition: Near fine book in very good dj. Light shelfwear to spine ends. Small area of compression to opening edge of rear board. Internally fine. Light edgewear to dj. Now in removable plastic sleeve. Size: 9.5x6.5inches / 24x16cm. 336pp. Weight: 675g. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # ABE-1746642553757
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Single & Single (SIGNED COPY)
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's original maroon cloth boards with gilt titles to spine in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket which has NO chips or tears to the outer edges,just a little crease line showing to the bottom edge near spine on the front cover.Not price clipped (£16.99) present to the front flap.Signed by John Le Carre without any dedication to the title page.Gold silk bookmark is still in place.Firm tight binding with crisp clean text.Certainly a pleasing addition to any Le Carre collection with the Dust-Jacket coming well protected in a cover sleeve,8vo 336pp First Edition 1st Impression [1999]. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 84820
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Single and Single. (Signed)
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Maroon cloth, gilt spine title. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Le Carre on the title page. weight: 1.5 lb. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 24x15.5 cm. 336 pp. Seller Inventory # 356040
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Single & Single
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A signed first edition, first printing, with the full number line. The book is signed by the author to the title page. It is unread and as new. The book cover is clean with no marks or bumps. The pages are clean, tight, and unmarked. The dust jacket is clean and bright with no creases. It is now protected in Brodart. Item is not remaindered or price clipped. An excellent copy. We ship well packaged. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1684358802269
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Single & Single
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Flat signed by Le Carre to the title page, not on a tipped in card. 1st edition, 1st impression. Hodder & Stoughton 1999. A brand new, unopened, unread, almost mint condition, hard back, Hodder & Stoughton 1st edition, 1st printing rarity! Full number run 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Very minor shelfwear to the unclipped dustjacket, and a small faint mark to the top of the page block,otherwise a really very good copy indeed. AND a free 1st edition 1st printing copy of the rare promo edition of the same title priced at £32 elsewhere (see last photo). We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1672759785722
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Single & Single
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A like new hardcover SIGNED copy in a like new dust jacket. 1st edition, 1st printing. Signed by Le Carre to a publisher s tipped in book-specific bookplate. A brand new, unopened, unread, almost mint condition, hard back, Hodder & Stoughton. Full number run 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1737123417813
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Single & Single
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Flat signed by Le Carre to the title page, not on a tipped in card. 1st edition, 1st impression. Hodder & Stoughton 1999. A brand new, unopened, unread, almost mint condition, hard back, Hodder & Stoughton 1st edition, 1st printing rarity! Full number run 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Very minor shelf wear to the unclipped dustjacket, and an inscription to the frontispiece, but overall a very good copy indeed. Even comes with the original bookseller's bookmark! AND a free 1st edition 1st printing copy of the rare promo edition of the same title priced at £32 elsewhere (see last photo). We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1664703482109
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Single & Single
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Brand new hardback, flat signed by Le Carre to the title page, not on a tipped in card. 1st edition, 1st impression. Hodder & Stoughton 1999. A brand new, unopened, unread, new condition hard back. Hodder & Stoughton 1st edition, 1st printing. Full number run 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Unblemished absolutely new condition, rare at this quality, AND a free 1st edition copy of the rare promo edition of the same title priced at £32 elsewhere. SINGLE & SINGLE is a thrilling journey of the human heart - intimate, magical and riotous, revealing Le Carré at the height of his dramatic and creative powers. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1697537840203
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Single & Single
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Both book and cover in as new condition see photos First Edition First Printing with signed Bookplate in mint condition 1st/1st. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 1006
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Single & Single (Signed)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Signed by Author on a Publishers label adhered to Title page. Light wear to the book, cover, edges and corners, light scratches on dust wrapper. Internally Very Good - Quick flick through pages could not see any issues, clean and tidy copy in tight binding, A Very Good personal copy. Unclipped dust wrapper will be fitted with removable archive acetate film. **758g** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed. ; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 12337
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