Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy + First Page annotated by the Author

John Le Carre

Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1974

About this Item

First UK Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a fine unclipped dust jacket. The book is not signed by the author. Includes a loose first page from the novel, annotated and signed by the author in his hand "John Le Carre burnt the first version of this novel. This was the beginning of the new beginning.John Le Carre". Le Carre offered an explanation for the writing of this novel in a 2011 introduction to a later edition of the novel as he originally began to compose the story without flashbacks. Frustrated with the attempt, Le Carre burnt the first version of the manuscript and reworked, with flashbacks, and published in 1974 the final version. Seller Inventory # 002803

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy + First Page ...

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton

Publication Date: 1974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition