Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Coward-Mccann Inc, New York, 1963.
Price: US$30.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Nice Tight Clean Book No Marks Or Inscriptions. Copyright Page States Victor Gollancz Limited 1963 And Title Page Has Coward-Mccann But Not Dated. Book Club Edition. Cream Boards With Black Quarter Bind, Bright Gilt Title On Spine And Gilt Authors Name On The Bottom Front Right Corner. A Couple Of Very Small Bumps To The Bottom Of The Front Board Otherwise In Excellent Condition. Deckled Edges To Front Fore Edge. The Dj Is Complete And Has Minor Bumping And Chipping Along The Top And Bottom Edges However The Inner Jacket Is Stained And Would Appear To Have Been Splashed. It Does Not Bleed Through To The Outer Jacket.
Seller: Westside Stories, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1963.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo. Lt. blue cl., gilt lettering on backstr., sm. bumps to bottom front cover, top backstr. and top back cover. Dj. rubbed at edges, folds and hinges reinforced by masking tape. 222pp. Original edition. 8th printing.
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A VERY RARE EDITON BOUND IN BLACK WITH LIGHT TAN BOARDS GOLD LETTERING TO SPINE AND AUTHOR'S FACSIMILE SIGNATURE IN GOLD ON FRONT COVER BOOK STATES COWARD McCANN INC ON TITLE PAGE AND COPYRIGHT 1963 BY VICTOR GOLLANCZ ON COPYRIGHT PAGE NO OTHER EDITIONS OR PRINTINGS MENTIONED THIS IS A VERY EARLY EDTION AS BOTH COMPANIES AT THE TIME MARKED LATER PRINTINGS NO BOOK CLUB DIMPLES ON THIS VOLUME TITLE IS IN RED ON TITLE , COPYRIGHT AND PREFACE PAGE WITH COWARD MC CANN STATED ON SPINE NO LINES TRANSPOSED NEAT PREVIOUS OWNERS SIGNATURE FOREDGE UNCUT TOP OF TEXTBLOCK DYED VERY LIGHT BUMP TO ONE TIP AN INTERESTING CONONDRUM
Seller: ARD Books, cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1963.
Price: US$102.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fifth impression, September 1963. Previous owner's name inside, otherwise unmarked. Edges lightly toned, front hinge slightly tender at title page. Bright, unclipped jacket, though a little faded on the spine, with a little edge wear, now in protective film.
Seller: Oakholm Books, Aberfeldy, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz Limited, 1963.
Price: US$169.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pale blue cloth hard cover with no significant wear, just some mild fading of colour at each spine end. Unclipped dust jacket, price 18/- net, is in protective sleeve and has some mild discolouration/spotting on rear, roughened spine ends and one very small tear at front upper edge with mildly faded spine. Contains 222 pages with spotting of page ends and some also on title page but otherwise pages quite clean. Fifth impression published September 1963 with book in very good to near fine condition and very good dust jacket.
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1st Edition). Victor Gollancz, London, 1963.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: British 1st edition - 16th Impression June 1964. Unclipped 18 shilling tag. Near fine book in very good dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and extremities. Small stain on cover. Previous owner name on inside cover ' Guiggs New Haven 1966'. As in pictures.
Seller: Macklin Mystery Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
LE CARRE, JOHN (DAVID CORNWELL). THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD. Victor Gollancz, London, 1963.
Price: US$188.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp: 222. The fifth impression published in the same year as the first edition. Red printed dust jacket with the price visible in the bottom corner of the front flap. Llight blue cloth covered boards. Le Carre third Cold War spy novel. This is a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with heavy sunning to the spine. It has light edge wear and one short, closed tear. There is a short note on the free endpaper in ink indicating, I believe, when and where the book was bought. The jacket is protected with a Brodart cover.
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (3rd imopression). Victor Gollancz, 1963.
Price: US$202.68 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 3rd impression, from before publication. Jacket is complete with only light edgewear. However, rear panel is lightly soiled and spine is lightly sunned. Contentas are clean and very lightly toned. Free from markings or inscriptions.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Price: US$226.18 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition unclipped dust jacket, with the 1964 Reprint Society edition of the book. Slight fading to jacket spine and some toning to edges. Book itself is fine: clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Price: US$230.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Great vintage 1ST EDITION 4TH IMPRESSION fiction hardback book from 1963 by John Le Carre. Photo 4 shows some marks to the white back cover of the dust jacket. Photo 5 shows foxing on the side of the book (page edge tips). Binding and pages inside are in nice condition especially as the book is 60 years old.
Seller: REAYTRO, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
LE CARRE, John. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Victor Gollancz, London, 1963.
Price: US$237.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book is bright and firm , evidently seldom read, with slight browning. The dj is reasonably bright , some fading to the spine which has slight wear to extremities, faint stain to front panel, rear panel marked, see pic. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
Price: US$256.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fifth impression of the true first edition, published in September 1963 - the same month as the first four impressions which were all printed before publication! ***Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright. Edges of boards very slightly rubbed. Head and tail of spine just very slightly creased. Boards clean and unmarked. Corners sharp. Top edge of page block slightly darkened. Fore-edge very slightly foxed. Internally also very good with clean pages. Neat contemporary ownership inscription to the top of the front free endpaper "Andrew Talbot-Ponsonby, Christmas 1963". No internal foxing. Very slight reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour printed dustwrapper which has been corner price-clipped - otherwise the dustwrapper is complete, with virtually no loss, just some slight loss at the top and tail of the spine and tips of corner folds. The edges of the dustwrapper are not creased, just slightly rubbed, with a very small nick to the top of the front panel. The spine of the dustwrapper is slightly faded as usual (being a sun-sensitive red colour) but far less than is normally found with this title. The back panel of the dustwrapper is very clean (which is also very unusual as it is a plain white background). ***222 pages. 192mm x 130mm. ***'"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a British agent, being sent to East Germany as a faux defector to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer. It serves as a sequel to le Carré's previous novels "Call for the Dead" and "A Murder of Quality", which also featured the fictitious British intelligence organization, "The Circus", and its agents George Smiley and Peter Guillam. "The Spy Who Came In from the Cold" portrays Western espionage methods as morally inconsistent with Western democracy and values. The novel received critical acclaim at the time of its publication and became an international best-seller; it was selected as one of the All-Time 100 Novels by Time magazine. In 1965, Martin Ritt directed a cinematic adaptation, with Richard Burton as Leamas.' (Wiki) ***'Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell.' J. B. Priestley. (Review quote taken from the front panel of the dustwrapper). ***An early fifth impression of the true first edition of one of the most iconic Cold War espionage books of the 1960s, in its original dustwrapper. These early printings are now becoming very hard to find in decent condition with complete dustwrappers. A very nicely preserved example. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Price: US$320.69 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition, 2nd Impression before publication. 12 x 19cm blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, 222pp, in publisher's unclipped dust jacket priced at 18/- net. The boards are clean and there is just a small bruise to both top corners. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and noting just a hint of spotting to the edge of the text block. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is slightly toned on the spine and along the top edge of the rear panel. There is rubbing to the edges, spine tips and corners with a couple of tiny chips along the top edge and spine tips. There is a 2cm closed tear on the top edge of the front panel. All in all a very nice copy of the 2nd impression of this classic spy novel. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Price: US$513.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fifth impression, September 1963. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Slight sunning to bottom edge of front and spine. Binding tight. Slight forward lean. Previous owners neat ink signature to front endpaper. Light spotting to rear pastedown. Jacket not clipped 18/- net with creasing to edges with small tears to spine ends and folds, spine sunned, back panel discoloured. Not ex-library. 222 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.
Seller: Soin2Books, Kidderminster, WORCS, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$577.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bumping to top rear corner and spine ends. ; Laminated library binding of the first edition, first issue. The cover reproduces the DJ of the original. Book cut down slightly from original size, reinforced tape to hinges (as part of the library binding process). ; 7.4 x 5 x 0.8"; 222 pages
Seller: C P Books Limited, Oxted, United Kingdom
Price: US$621.31 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: London/Taiwan/New York: Coward McCann/Hodder and Stoughton/Viking, 1968 - 1980 - 1991 - 1996 - 2003. First Editions, First Printings except for A Small Town In Germany, which is a Taiwanese piracy. Fine copies in (near) fine dustwrappers with the following points: A Small Town In Germany with previous owners inscription on front free endpaper; The Secret Pilgrim price-cut; The Tailor an Ameican first; Absolute Friends signed by the author on the title page. The copies of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and Our Game shown in the pictures have been sold. These books part of our Catalogue 11: Crime, Spy, Mystery, Adventure, War and Pulp Fiction, a copy of which you can download at ygrbooks. Please note that due to size and weight of this collection, we will have to charge additional postage.
Seller: Yves G. Rittener - YGRbookS, Zürich, Switzerland
John Le Carre. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$699.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine faded at top and bottom with some sunning. Foxing. Jacket soiled, tears at top and bottom of spine, spine sunned. One 1" stain front panel. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz, London UK, 1963.
Price: US$756.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Noted as '2nd impression before publication'. Pale blue cloth boards in fine condition with no fading of the spine. Gilt lettering on the spine. The contents are clean. The dust jacket is bright and clean. Small 3/4/2 tear on the top edge and rear bottom edge. Minimal chipping on the corners and spine ends. Signature written on the blank rear cover.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$1024.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition/First printing published by Victor Gollancz Ltd. London 1963 VG clean and bright condition. Minor water marks to 2 pages at front. No other marks or inscriptions. Clean Blue cloth covers faded to spine. Slight slant. Very clean dustjacket not price clipped (18/-) Mild fading to spine and slight tanning to rear. Protected in archive cover
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1154.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Red unclipped d/w , dark marks on the back,light sun-fading to right edge of front,small dark mark top of spine.Book blue boards, gilt lettering to spine,some fading to bottom edge of front boards,page edges browned,contents clean,'Oct 63' written top left cornerof bep,light reading wear.
Seller: eclecticbooks, BOLTON, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1963.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Le Carres third book this is the one that shot the author into the best sellers. This copy is a First edition ìn very good condition. With a dw and blue boards. The page edges are lightly stained by dust and daily wear. Otherwise very good.
Seller: Bibliobobs, Aberaeron, CERED, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$1268.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition/First printing published by Victor Gollancz Ltd. London 1963 VG clean and bright condition. Minor water marks to 2 pages at front. No other marks or inscriptions. Clean Blue cloth covers faded to spine. Slight slant. Very clean dustjacket not price clipped (18/-) Mild fading to spine and slight tanning to rear. Protected in archive cover
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz, London, 1963.
Price: US$1300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK edition, near fine in a very good+ dust jacket. Minor bumps to the top corners of both boards; small line of fading to blue cloth along top edge of spine. The page block has very minor soiling. The jacket spine is sunned to a duller red than is on the front panel, and there is a 1/2" closed tear at the bottom of the front gutter of the jacket. The white rear panel of the jacket has light soiling generally No names or other markings in the book, publisher's price ("18/-") at bottom of front flap; a tight, square copy of this classic espionage novel.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1963.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good/near fine copy. VG Unclipped DJ showing price of 18/ with minor chipping to bottom of spine and some minor soiling on back cover. This is a second impression first edition pre-publication copy. Inscribed by Barbara Gibbs, and English socialite. This is the very first british edition. Tight clean copy with not interior markings.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. London; Victor Gollancz ;, 1963.
Price: US$1539.31 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Very good in blue cloth boards with some tanning and foxing to the edges in very good dustjacket with a signs of a stain to the inside rear cover which has dulled the cloth on the book spine.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
LE CARRÉ, John. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963.
Price: US$1795.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Small octavo, pp 222. Bound in blue cloth covered hard boards with gilt lettering to the spine and in the supplied dust jacket, unclipped (18/- net). Authors third book and his break-through novel which became an international best seller. It was following publication of this book that he left MI6 and became a full time writer. Book is in Very Good condition, binding tight, fading to the cloth at the bottom 2cm of the spine, book is clean internally without spotting or foxing, edges of page block browned, and there is a previous owners name and date (1963) to the ffep. The supplied jacket is Near Fine, bright and unfaded and with a closed tear to the bottom of the front turn-in.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
LE CARRÉ, John.. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.. Victor Gollancz, London., 1963.
Price: US$1924.14 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. 222 pages. Head and tail of spine a bit faded. Very good in very good indeed dustwrapper with rubbing at head and tail of spine. The spine is totally unfaded.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
John Le Carré. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1963.
Price: US$1924.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: LE CARRÉ, John. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. London, Victor Gollancz, 1963. First edition of this best-selling Cold War spy novel. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Le Carrés third novel, marked a significant breakthrough in his career. The story revolves around Alec Leamas, an aging British intelligence agent ordered to discredit an East German official. Unlike the usual glamorous spies of fiction, Leamas is a lonely and alienated man, without a respectable career or a place in society. Immensely popular, the book was adapted into a highly successful film (1965), as were many of le Carrés later works (Britannica). Octavo, pp. 222; very good; blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, with the original printed dust jacket (some spotting and toning, old ownership inscription washed from front flyleaf, spine and extremities a little sunned, jacket slightly stained and sunned at spine); booksellers ticket Henry Sotheran Ltd London to front pastedown.
Seller: CASSIUS&Co., London, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Near Fine with light fading to cloth at spine ends, light shelf lean. Two old tape ghosts to front free end paper with offsetting to half title page from a clipping from the belly band laid in but formerly taped in, with response to quote from previous owner inked below. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with subtle and minor restoration.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Le Carré, John. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of Le Carré's masterpiece of moral ambiguity in Cold War espionage. Le Carré's third novel and his first extraordinary success, set in a post-war Germany newly divided by the Berlin Wall. As an MI6 officer assigned to Bonn and later, Hamburg, the author (born David John Moore Cornwell) published under a pseudonym by professional necessity; in 1964, his career in intelligence came to an abrupt end, and the widespread acclaim for THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD allowed him to become, and stay, a full time writer - one of a select few 20th century popular novelists who enjoyed as much respect and esteem from literary peers and critics as from an enthusiastic and devoted public. THE SPY. was winner of the Gold Dagger award for best crime novel and the Edgar Award for best mystery novel, from the UK and US crime and mystery writing societies respectively; the first book to be so honored by both associations. Le Carré's "atmosphere of chilly hell" (J.B. Priestley) was the very antithesis of the coarse and brutal glamour of James Bond; but psychological and political realism were the least of his gifts: moral seriousness aside, he had style. "What set le Carré apart," wrote Anthony Lane in a moving tribute, "was his forensic skill. Ideas and passions, under his guiding hand, are never floated; they are tethered down and incarnated in his characters.He will be sorely missed." 7.25'' x 5''. Original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (18/-) dust jacket. 222 pages. Spine lean, a couple spots to text block edges. Jacket beautiful, with only light sunning to spine and a bit of foxing to rear panel.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First Impression. Octavo (19cm); blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [5],6-222,[2]pp. Lower board corners gently tapped (though still sharp), previous owners ink name to front endpaper, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with some pinpoint wear to extremities, and light dustiness to rear panel; Near Fine. Le Carré's third and best-known novel, one that changed the direction of modern espionage fiction. The novel is "not so much concerned with the machinations of espionage as with the machinations of the minds of those in the profession; not so much what they do in the course of their gray and thankless jobs as with what those jobs do to them. With this story of what happens when British agent Leamas is dispatched to entrap an enemy master spy in East Berlin, Le Carré gave the spy novel a new breath of life" (Pronzini & Muller, p.468). Winner of the CWA's Gold Dagger Award in 1963, and the Edgar Award for Best Novel after the publication of the American edition the following year. Basis for Martin Ritt's 1965 film of the same name, starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Rupert Davies, and Oskar Werner. Hubin, p.243; Barzun & Taylor 2143.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Le Carré, John (John LeCarre). The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION published 1963 by Victor Gollancz. An attractive First Issue dustjacket that is rich in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with minor wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Le Carré (John). The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.. Victor Gollancz, 1963.
Price: US$3206.90 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, one or two small spots largely restricted to borders, pp. 222, crown 8vo, original blue boards, backstrip lettered in gilt and gently faded at tips, tiny dink to tail edge, edges faintly toned and with a few spots, a couple of tiny and faint spots to free endpapers, the flyleaf with ownership inscription and (very discreetly) the publication date and price in pencil, dustjacket with a touch of rubbing at extremities, very good. A superb copy.
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
LE CARRÉ, John.. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963, 1963.
Price: US$3206.90 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, of the definitive Cold War novel, which secured le Carré's reputation as a master of the spy thriller. It won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1964 and was adapted into a film in 1965, starring Richard Burton and Claire Bloom. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Spine and contents slightly toned; minimal rubbing to unclipped jacket, spine lightly sunned, else sharp: a very good copy in near-fine jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1963.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. No subsequent printings listed on copyright page. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION published 1963 by Victor Gollancz. An attractive First Issue dustjacket that is rich in color with no wear to the edges. The book is in fantastic shape. The binding is tight with no wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO writing, foxing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy in collector's condition.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3527.59 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: John le Carré (1963) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, UK first edition, eighth impression, published by Victor Gollancz. Signed and inscribed by the author on the ffep: For Catherine Spink, with best wishes from the author John le Carré known to her pa as David Cornwell Bonn 1962 Vienna 1965. Provenance: The dedication is to Kathryn Spink, writer of biographies, the authorised biographer of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and translator. Evidently, le Carré misspelled Kathryns name. Spink is the daughter of Peter Spink, and English Anglican priest and founder of the Omega Order. He was the ordained chaplain to the British embassies in Bonn and Vienna where he and the writer met. A wonderful association of the Cold War era. Condition: a very good to near fine book in a very good dust jacket. The boards are clean and square. There are no previous owners names, no stamps, no bookplates. The top page block edge has a few foxing spots as shown, the fore and bottom edge are clean. Internally clean with light toning to the paper commensurate with age. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is le Carrés breakthrough and signature novel which allowed young David Cornwell to give up his undercover intelligence work in Germany and to become a fulltime writer. The book has been adapted into the successfull 1965 film starring Richard Burton. The book was accoladed with the 1963 Gold Dagger Award, as well as with the Dagger of Daggers as stand-out among all fifty winners over the history of the Crime Writers Association. A beautiful book, hard to find with such lengthy and beautiful inscriptions which ties le Carré to his time in Germany during the Cold War. Only printed five months after the first printing. A first edition, first print with such an inscription and association would easily fetch a five-figure sum; this a more affordable alternative and preferable to any bookplates or flat signed copies with questionable provenance. First and Fine
Seller: First and Fine, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy SIGNED by John Le Carre on a laid in signature. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears with minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's blue cloth and is excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A fabulous copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing authentically SIGNED by John Le Carre on a tipped in publisher's page. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears with minor repair. The book is in great shape and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Le Carre First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.. Victor Gollancz, London, 1963.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of le Carre's classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page, "John le Carre with best wishes 16 ix 64." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Upon publication, John le Carrà âs The Spy Who Came in From the Cold forever changed the landscape of spy fiction. Le Carrà combined the inside knowledge of his years in British intelligence with the skills of the best novelists to produce a story as taut as it is twisting, unlike any previously experienced. âIn the tradition of Conrad, Maugham, and Greene, John Le Carrà âs realist spy novel is a form which represents a genuine modern version of tragedy⦠The Spy Who Came in From the Cold is still Le Carrà âs cleanest job: compact in structure, deftly deceptive in the unfolding of its triple-cross, and painfully human in the characterizations of two victims of âourâ sideâs necessary but evil missionâ (Reilly, 933-34). âIn a covert war later immortalized in John Le Carrà âs The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, [West and East German intelligence chiefs] conducted the battle of moles, infiltration, counter-infiltration, double agent and triple agentâ (Volkman, Spies, 180). Hailed by Graham Greene as "the best spy story I have ever read." It was the basis for the 1965 film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, and Oskar Werner. It received several awards, including four BAFTA Awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction. For his performance, Richard Burton also received the David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor, the Golden Laurel Award, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$6670.36 + shipping
Description: 'Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell' J.B. Priestley. Signed to title page with both pen name and birth name: 'John le Carreacute; (David Cornwell)'. Original paper slip within reading 'With the compliments of John le Carreacute;'. Condition is as follows. Dust jacket in excellent condition and not price clipped, with only flaws being a slightly faded spine and a little tanning to edge of rear cover. Features protective clear slip which can be easily removed. Jacket spine faded from pillarbox red to rust orange. Underneath lie powder blue boards with gilt to spine; spine extremities and corners slightly bumped but no marks or damage. Tiny blue tick to 'by the same author' advertisement page facing title page. Minor evidence of foxing up to p.9 and to last few pages of rear text not affected. A very small amount of discolouration to gutter between p.194195. A little spine lean. Overall, this is a very nicely kept edition with two cases of le Carreacute;'s personal dedications. Any cosmetic flaws are very minor (please see images). This is a lovely, scarce example perfect for lovers of espionage thrillers, with the rare addition of an original signature.nbsp;
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
John Le Carré. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Victor Gollancz, 1963.
Price: US$7696.57 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A lovely copy of the first edition (Victor Gollancz, 1963) in a near fine dust wrapper with only a hint of the usual fading to the spine and a contemporary owners signature.
Seller: CASSIUS&Co., London, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1963.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by John Le Carre on the title page. Near Fine with very subtle lean to binding, slight wear and slight fading to cloth at spine ends, foxing to textblock edge. In a Near Fine dust jacket with fading to the spine, light foxing and soiling with light spotting to the blindside as well.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.. Victor Gollancz, London, 1963.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of le Carre's classic work, which went on to reinvigorate the spy genre. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "David Cornwell aka John le Carre." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example. Upon publication, John le Carrà âs The Spy Who Came in From the Cold forever changed the landscape of spy fiction. Le Carrà combined the inside knowledge of his years in British intelligence with the skills of the best novelists to produce a story as taut as it is twisting, unlike any previously experienced. âIn the tradition of Conrad, Maugham, and Greene, John Le Carrà âs realist spy novel is a form which represents a genuine modern version of tragedy⦠The Spy Who Came in From the Cold is still Le Carrà âs cleanest job: compact in structure, deftly deceptive in the unfolding of its triple-cross, and painfully human in the characterizations of two victims of âourâ sideâs necessary but evil missionâ (Reilly, 933-34). âIn a covert war later immortalized in John Le Carrà âs The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, [West and East German intelligence chiefs] conducted the battle of moles, infiltration, counter-infiltration, double agent and triple agentâ (Volkman, Spies, 180). Hailed by Graham Greene as "the best spy story I have ever read." It was the basis for the 1965 film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, and Oskar Werner. It received several awards, including four BAFTA Awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction. For his performance, Richard Burton also received the David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor, the Golden Laurel Award, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.