Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Price: US$5.13 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1964. Eighth Impression. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as inscriptions and mild tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning causing discolouration. Gilt lettering is darkened. Ring mark to front. Book has a slight forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy Who came In From the Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Price: US$6.58 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1964. 18th Impression. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy Who came In From the Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Price: US$6.91 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1964. 8th Impression. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed and sunned.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1964.
Price: US$7.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1964. Twelfth Impression. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is darkened.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$8.47 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1964. 19th Impression. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$9.26 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1964. Eighth Impression. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$10.57 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1964. Nineteenth Impression. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Bright and clean pages with mild tanning throughout. Binding is firm throughout with moderate thumb-marking. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate sunning to board edges and heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to surfaces. Book has forward lean. Notable warping to front board.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy Who came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$18.14 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1964. Fifteenth Impression. 222 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor sunning to spine. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Reprint. The jacket is shelf rubbed, tanned and edge worn. There are closed tears along the edges, the spine is chipped away. It is protected in cellophane. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and slightly knocked on the corners. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, minor foxing and tanned pages. A previous owners signature on the front end page. Otherwise clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*26/09/2022. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$20.53 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ninth impression. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Name stamp to ffep. DJ with some edge wear and fading.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Price: US$22.46 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 9th impression. Light wear to boards with some sun fading to spine and edges. Slight toning to pages with spotting/foxing. DJ has tears to edges with loss to lower spine, toning and surface marks. Previous owners name to front flap.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
LE CARRE JOHN. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD. Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Price: US$39.45 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: RO60123058: 1964. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 222 pages. Annotation en page de garde. Jaquette très abîmée et défraîchie. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France
John Le Carre. The Le Carre Omnibus: Call For The Dead; A Murder Of Quality. Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Price: US$51.79 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1964. 3rd Impression. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Sticker and marking to front pastedown and endpaper. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. The Reprint Society, London, England, 1964.
Price: US$52.61 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book originally published by Victor Gollancz Limited in 1963. This edition published by arrangement. Red spine with bright gilt text bind black paper covered boards, top edge dyed black. Top edge has initials D. W. T neatly burned into the top edge. Ow as new. 260 pp. Unclipped DJ has slight edge wear at spine ends. Bookseller's Inventory # 165461.
Seller: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, Canada
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz, London, 1964.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ninth impression (February 1964). 8vo. Pp 222. Original cloth, lettered gilt to spine. Light wear and fading to edges. Three ink marks to fore-edge. The unclipped d/w has some small tears, with slight loss to the top of the spine. Spine faded and panels lightly soiled, which shows up mostly on the white rear panel. Two of the ink marks to the fore-edge have continued onto the d/w. No inscriptions.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1964.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Eleventh impression. 8vo. Pp 222. Original cloth, slope to spine. Unclipped d/w, spine faded, hinges creased, wear to extremities.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Carre, John Le. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1964.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue boards. Very good condition. Eighteenth Impression. Tape residue to the front and back ffep. Slight nick to the top of the last three pages. Glue residue along the back where the ffep is glued to the board. Jacket in very good condition. unclipped. Minimal fraying to the head of the spinal jacket.
Seller: Bridgeburg Books, Fort Erie, ON, Canada
Price: US$71.63 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a poor if somewhat edge-torn (with loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description: 222 pages. Subjects: Smiley, George (Fictitious character); Fiction. Intelligence officers England; Fiction. Thriller; Suspense fiction. Genre: Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
John le Carré. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. VICTOR Gollancz, England, 1964.
Price: US$83.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John Le Carré, Hardcover, English Edition, 11th Impression (February 1964). Book in very good condition, in a good unclipped dust jacket. The dust jacket has an open tear to the top of the spine, shows some wear to the extremities of the hinges, and some internal ageing. The book has a slight lean, and some discolouration to the spine. There are also the initials: 'P.L.B.S' to the inside front page. A very good copy considering its age. (See pictures). A fairly rare book from this much respected writer of espionage novels.
Seller: Ann's Old Town Books, Swindon, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Victor Gollancz, London, 1964.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: UK edition. “8th Impression, February 1964” to the copyright page. Very gently read, text block is solid. Previous owners neat ink signature and date to the ffep with a very small bookseller sticker to the verso of the front board. Otherwise the interior is clean and unmarked excepting the odd finger smudge. Blue cloth boards are clean with bright gilt titles to spine. Corners are sharp and square. 1cm strip at the head of the spine is sunned. Unclipped dustjacket, with 18/- price to the bottom edge of the front flap, has a few tiny chips to the bottom edges of both flaps. Head of the spine is creases and rubbed with a 1cm tear at each flap edge, title is affected but legible, foot is bumped and rubbed. Light to moderate soiling to show. Now protected in archival brodart jacket. One the seminal cold war spy novels of the 20th century from the late master, John Le Carre.
Seller: Bailey Books, St.Albert, AB, Canada
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a poor if somewhat edge-torn (with loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description: 222 pages. Subjects: Smiley, George (Fictitious character); Fiction. Intelligence officers England; Fiction. Thriller; Suspense fiction. Genre: Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz, London, 1964.
Price: US$99.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: first edition mystery, 12th impression (February 1964), classic cold war spy thriller by John Le Carre, light blue boards, original dustjacket in red with a blurb by J. B. Priestley, very good condition, pages tanned, spine slightly cocked, title printed in pencil on an endpaper, very good dustjacket, with some edgewear and rubbing, 1" tear on bottom mended with archival tape, in protective mylar cover, not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-libris
Seller: Marnie Taylor Books & Antiques, NIAGARA ON THE LAKE, ON, Canada
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Coward-McCann, Inc, NY, 1964.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Edgar Award Winner 1965. Selected by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association as one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century. BOOK CLUB EDITION - stated on bottom inside DJ flap. The only dating on the copyright page shows "1963 by Victor Gollancz Limited." Book has a deckle fore edge and orange stain to top of edge block. Book is bound in grey boards with orange lettering and does not have the normal BCE blind-stamp at the bottom back board. The DJ is crisp and bright and has yellow, orange and black lettering with a taupe background. The front features Berlin's Brandenburger TOR with the Quadriga above. Inside top of DJ has light toning and small amount of edge wear to back bottom edge - o/wise Fine, as is the book itself. The DJ and book are clean, bright, tight, complete, no tears, no writing, no remainder mark and is not clipped. Presents as carefully read. 256 pp. Mylar protected DJ. Bookseller Invt. # C00100194I.
Seller: Selected Used Books, Bloomington, MN, U.S.A.
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "Seventeenth impression June 1964" - stated on the copyright page (the first impression was in September 1963). Library Stamp to title page. A fine book: crisp, clean, light blue cloth covers with a straight, tight binding and 4 sharp corners in a very good and very bright unclipped dustjacket (first issue! with the printed price "18/- net" and J.B. Priestley's admiring blurb on the bright red front panel: "Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell.". The jacket is very good, with some edge wear, a 2" closed tear, and chips to corners.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Price: US$102.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, John Le Carre, Victor Gollancz, 1964, First Edition, Sixth Impression Adapted to film in 1965 starring Richard Burton, Oscar Werner and Claire Bloom, this is the sequel to Le Carre's previous novels Call for the Dead and A Murder of Quality. The novel was selected as one of the All-Times 100 Novels by Time Magazine and in 2005, was award the "Daggers of Daggers", a one-time award given to the Golden Dagger winner as the stand-out among all fifty winners over the history of the Crime Writers' Association. In very good condition, the binding is straight and tight, the boards clean and the letters on the spine bright. There is sunning to the top edges of the front board, spine and back board. There is minimal shelf wear to the bottom edge of the spine, a crease mark to the bottom corner of the front board and the back board, a small indentation to the top edge of the back board and a crease mark to the edge of the back board. The end papers and pages are free from tears and inscriptions. There is foxing to all the edges and to all the edges of the pages. The unclipped dust jacket, protected in a clear, removable cover is in good condition with marks to the edges of both returns, foxing to the whole cover, a small tear to the top edge of the from cover, slight nibbling to the top edge of the spine, a small tear to the bottom edge of the spine, marks to the back cover, nibbling to the top edge of the back cover and a small nick to the bottom edge of the back cover. Will be dispatched carefully wrapped in bubblewrap and a cardboard box.
Seller: Grimes Hill Book Club, Wythall, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The LeCarre Omnibus. Victor Gollancz london, 1964.
Price: US$116.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: second printing includes Call for the dead, A murder of Quality, dj a bit tattered now protected. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Price: US$131.52 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First printing. Red boards with gilt spine lettering. Corners lightly bumped and spine heavily faded with light water spots. Contents clean and the text block is tight and square. Dust jacket with chipped corners, a couple of short tears and nicks at the edges, a large chip at spine foot affecting the publisher's name and a few faint water spots.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Victor Gollancz. London. 1964. First edition, sixteenth impression June 1964, stated. Original DJ matches the first printing DJ with 18/- net price on flap. Blue cloth is bright and clean, minimal faint soiling near edge. Pages and endpapers are clean. Slightest, slightest lean, barely. DJ shows light chipping, rubbing and soiling. VG/VG
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1964.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1964. The most iconic novel of the Cold War and for most the introduction to the [fictional?] world of British espionage.This is a Fine copy of a Later printing (the 20th) of the First Edition, from exactly one year later than the first issue. Sky blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 222 pages. The dustwrapper is Very Good (Plus). Unclipped, but with light fading; wear at the head and foot of the spine and a small closed tear. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: "Nineteenth impression July 1964" - stated on the copyright page (the first impression was in September 1963). A fine book: crisp, clean, light blue cloth covers with a straight, tight binding and 4 sharp corners in a near fine unclipped dustjacket (first issue! with the printed price "18/- net" and J.B. Priestley's admiring blurb on the bright red front panel: "Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell.". The jacket is near fine, with a little bit of sunning to the spine, edge wear and chips to corners.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
LE CARRE, John. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: LE CARRE, John [222] pp. Eighteenth impression, July 1964 Victor Gollancz Ltd 1964 7.5" x 5.25" *w/ non 18/-net price clipped fly leaf
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$255.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition 18th impression stated of a fine hardcover in a very good dustjacket with one small closed tear, and a small scrap both on the front cover and soiling on the back cover. The 3rd novel in the George Smiley spy/adventure series, an intelligence officer with the British Overseas Intelligence Agency. Winner of the 1963 Gold Dagger Award and the 1965 Edgar Award for best mystery. The basis for the 1965 film of the same name starring Richard Burton, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, and won many other awards.
Seller: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, Canada
Price: US$307.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST OMNIBUS EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, HALF TITLE, NO JACKET. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 288 PAGES. CLOTH SPINE SLIGHTLY FADED WITH A CREASE TO BOTTOM OF SPINE, NAME TO FRONT ENDPAPER WITH VERY LIGHT BROWNING TO ENDPAPERS, VERY OCCASIONAL MINOR BLEMISH TO PAGES. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY WITH MAJORITY OF PAGES CLEAN & FREE OF FOXING. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$315.68 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition / Eleventh Print (first published in 1963). Hardback copy in light blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket (18/-net) in new removable protective clear sleeve. 222pp. Signed by author in black ink to bookplate pasted to half title page. Not library copy, no inscriptions, some wear to dustjacket edges, with foxing to rear cover. (36/3)
Seller: CURIO, Grimsby, N. E. Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. The Le Carre Omnibus. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1964.
Price: US$346.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition/First printing published by Victor Gollancz, London 1964. Comprising 'Call For The Dead' and 'A Murder Of Quality' VG clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. Very occasional spotting. Red cloth covers are clean and bright.
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Prior owner signature on ffep."Thirteenth impression April 1964" - stated on the copyright page (the first impression was in September 1963). A fine book: crisp, clean, light blue cloth covers with a straight, tight binding and 4 sharp corners in a near fine dustjacket (first issue) with the printed price "18/- net" and J.B. Priestley's admiring blurb on the bright red front panel: "Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell." Unclipped DJ with no sunning in archival cover, edge wear, chips.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London UK, 1964.
Price: US$365.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold signed by the author on the half title page. With unclipped dust jacket. Original light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Light fading and wear on the edges. Clean end papers and contents. Ex Libris sticker with signature of the author. The dust jacket with wear and loss to the edges and spine ends. Lightly browned and rubbed dust jacket with faded spine.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$378.56 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Omnibus Edition / Third Print. Hardback copy in red cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket (18/-net) in new removable protective clear sleeve. 288pp. Signed and inscribed by author in blue ink to bookplate pasted to title page. Not library copy, foxing to page block, wear and marks to dustjacket. (59/2)
Seller: CURIO, Grimsby, N. E. Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$410.64 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST OMNIBUS EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH THE ORIGINAL & CORRECT FIRST EDITION DUST JACKET PRICED AT 18s WITH X25 TO REAR OF JACKET. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. TWO SMALL MARKS TO INNER FLAPS OF JACKET, SMALL MINOR TAPE MARKS TO CORNER OF BOARDS WITH SIMILAR SMALL TAPE MARKS TO ENDPAPERS & HALF TITLE, PAGE FORE-EDGES FOXED WITH THE VERY ODD SPOT OF LIGHT FOXING TO TEXT PAGES. OVERALL A VERY GOOD PLUS COPY WITH JACKET VERY BRIGHT WITH NO CHIPPING OR TEARS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE JACKET HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVER THAT MAY SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS OR WRINKLES IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. The Le Carre Omnibus. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1964.
Price: US$423.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition/First printing published by Victor Gollancz, London 1964. Comprising 'Call For The Dead' and 'A Murder Of Quality' VG clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. Very occasional spotting. Red cloth covers are clean and bright.
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$506.89 + shipping
Description: (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1964). First UK Edition. Publisher's red boards with gilt spine lettering. A fine bright copy in a near fine price-clipped D/W. The D/W does not have the "X 25" to the rear panel although is, otherwise, identical to the first impression D/W in every respect. The D/W has NO TONING, NO STAINING and NO DARKENING and is a SUPERIOR EXAMPLE of a FRAGILE DUST WRAPPER and needless to say, NO RESTORATION. A very nice copy indeed. This is the Author's fourth book which is a re-issue of his first two books neither of which had sold particularly well in their original first editions. With the success of "The Spy who Came in from the Cold" the publisher (Gollancz) wanted to capitalise on the huge success and issued this Omnibus edition. Nothing like as scarce as "Call for the Dead" or "A Murder of Quality" but still an uncommon book. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Price: US$606.14 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Red boards with gilt spine lettering. Binding is firm and square. Inside clean, no foxing, marks or inscriptions. In the original, first issue, unclipped dust jacket priced 18/-, and X25 on rear panel. Dust jacket with light toning, neatly repaired tear to back panel, 2 small closed tears to rear side and slightest wear to extremities. 288 pp., 19 x 12,5 cm. Dust jacket now in removable protective sleeve. Fine book in very good/near fine dust jacket.
Seller: Concept Books, Veldhoven, Netherlands
John Le Carré. Le Carré Omnibus. Victor Gollancz, 1964.
Price: US$834.12 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: LE CARRÉ, John. The Le Carré Omnibus. London, Victor Gollancz, 1964. First joint edition of Le Carrés first two novels, Call for the Dead and A Murder of Quality, in the original bright dust jacket. Following the success of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), two of Le Carrés earlier novels were re-released together for the first time in The Le Carré Omnibus. Originally published in 1961, Call for the Dead is the authors debut novel; it introduces his recurring character George Smiley and the Circus, a fictional version of British Intelligence based on MI6. A Murder of Quality, Le Carrés second novel from 1962, continues Smileys story and is his only book set outside the espionage community. Octavo, pp. 288; near fine; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, near fine yellow dust jacket printed in black and red (dust jacket slightly creased and stained, trace of sticker to spine).
Seller: CASSIUS&Co., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy in blue boards with gold, gilt lettering on the spine ( bumping to lower back board tip and slight cocking) in an unclipped (showing a price of 18/), very good dust jacket with fading to spine, minor chipping to bottom of the spine and minor edge wear . SIGNED - NOT INSCRIBED - ON A BOOKPLATE AFFIXED TO THE TITLE PAGE. This is a first British Edition, twelfth printing (February, 1964). This is a tight, clean copy with no markings of any kind.A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY OF THIS RARE TITLE. PROVENANCE CONSISTS OF PHOTOCOPIES OF TWO LETTERS FROM MR. LE CARRE'S ASSISTANT.
Seller: Arthur Harry Fine Books, MISSISSAUGA, ON, Canada
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine copy in blue boards with gold, gilt lettering on the spine in an unclipped (showing a price of 18/), bright near fine dust jacket with no fading to spine, minor chipping to bottom of the spine and minor edge wear . SIGNED - NOT INSCRIBED - BY JOHN LE CARRE ON THE TITLE PAGE. This is a first British Edition, tenth printing (February, 1964). This is a tight, clean copy with no markings of any kind.A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY OF THIS RARE TITLE. Provenance consists of an exchange of original correspondence from Mr. Le Carre's assistant (TWO LETTERS) ALSO INCLUDED IS AN ORIGINAL HAND WRITTEN NOTE TO MYSELF DATED JUNE 3,2013 (AND ENVELOPE) FROM MR. LE CARRE TO MYSELF CONCERNING OUR CORRESPONDENCE. PARTING WITH THESE FROM MY COLLECTION DUE TO MY OWN HEALTH.
Seller: Arthur Harry Fine Books, MISSISSAUGA, ON, Canada
John Le Carre. The Le Carre Omnibus. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1964.
Price: US$8662.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: An extremely scarce, proof copy of the Le Carre Omnibus. With a personalised presentation inscription to the title page from the author. Especially scarce with such a personalised inscription to the title page. 'For Eddy with fraternal affection - David aka John Le Carre'.Comprising two novels by John Le Carre 'Call for the Dead' and 'A Murder of Quality'. 'Call for the Dead' was Le Carre's first novel, and was first issued in 1961. It introduces John le Carre's recurring character, George Smiley. 'A Murder of Quality' was Le Carre's second novel. It continues the story of George Smiley. This is the only novel set outside the espionage community.This proof copy has Le Carre's occasional grammatical corrections in ink to the margins on pages 23 and 31.A very scarce uncorrected proof of this important espionage author's works. In the original paper wraps. Externally, sound. Chipping to the head and tail of spine. Light tidemarks to the head and tail of front wrap and to the spine. Proof stamp to the front wrap. Front hinge is tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Gift inscription from the author to the title page. Le Carre's grammatical correction to page 23 and 31. Pages are bright and clean. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom