Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
LE CARRE JOHN. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY. HODDER, 1974.
Price: US$4.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: LiLi - La Liberté des Livres, CANEJAN, France
Carre, John le. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1974.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine book, no dustjacket. 1974 1st edition, no inscriptions or other markings, purple upper edge, unread.
Seller: The Deva Bookshop, Chester, United Kingdom
LE CARRE, JOHN. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. hodder & stoughton 1974, 1974.
Price: US$55.02 + shipping
Description: First edition, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, top page edges coloured red, 349pp, VG+ (light tanning * soiling to pages & edges, red has faded from upper edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, scuffing and chipping, light bruising to spine extrems, small surface loss to rear of jacket, moderate fading to spine)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Le Carre, John. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Hodder, London, 1974.
Price: US$67.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 349 Pages. Previous Owner's Name On Title Page.
Seller: Prabhu Book Exports, Gurgaon, HR, India
Le Carre, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publication of 349 pages. Purple top page edges. The dust jacket is shelf rubbed, damp marks and the spine is a little discolored. The boards are in good condition. There are damp marks on the top edge of the book. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. Tightly bound and protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. R*2024/01/27 GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Le Carré, John. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Le Carre, John. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The jacket is rubbed and worn. There are closed tears, creases and chips along the edges. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. Internally, tanned end pages. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*25/05/2023. [AK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Le Carre, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$113.09 + shipping
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Seller: Whodunit Bookshop, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Le Carre?, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Purple top page edges. Publication of 349 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and the spine is slightly faded. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. Tightly bound and protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Le Carré, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder & Stoughton, London, UK, 1974.
Price: US$120.29 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DW: Some edge wear and discolouration to spine. Minor soiling to text block edges. 22 x 14 cm. 349 pp.
Seller: A Small Bookshop, ELMHURST, VIC, Australia
LE CARRÉ, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1974.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Foxing on the foredge, binding slightly cocked, very good in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with a tiny nick at the crown, a bit of foxing at the edges, and small creases.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Le Carre?, John. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Hodder and Stoughton, London, England, 1974.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Printing stated. Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/gold dec and spine titles. About Fine w/trace slant, else Fine and unmarked; in Fine unclipped DJ in clear protective cover. 349pp. A Smiley novel. 349 p.
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Very slight spine slant. Dust jacket is price-clipped, the spine panel is faded, and has been cut out of register so that there is too great a margin on the front flap and too little on the rear flap. A novel, and basis of 2011 film. 349 pages.
Seller: Purpora Books, Comox, BC, Canada
Le Carré, John. TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$149.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.2
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Le Carre?, John. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$149.44 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
LE CARRÉ, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1974.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Faint spotting on the page edges else near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with tears, lifting lamination, and slight creasing.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Le Carre, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1974.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slightly cocked, gift inscription in ink on front free endpaper, red stain faded from top edges and edges faintly foxed. Jacket edge-worn, frayed at head of spine, not price-clipped.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Le Carre, John. TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1974.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Octavo. 8.75 x 5.5". 349pp. Black cover stamped in silver has light wear to bottom edge and some spots on fore-edge. Ownership signature with address on fly leaf. Glossy price-clipped dust jacket has light edgewear, a small chip and a 2" line at fold, where the glossy coating has separated from paper, but is not torn or peeling. Spot on verso of dust jacket, not visible on front.
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
John Le Carre. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first edition in dust jacket. Jacket is not price-clipped (2.95 pounds), has edgewear and short tears. Top edge stained purple. No inscriptions, binding tight, internally clean. Attractive copy.
Seller: Weather Rock Book Company, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
John le Carré. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., London, 1974.
Price: US$167.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine titles and upper board decoration; 349pp., top edges dyed red. Mild wear; text block edges lightly toned with some spotting and top edge dusted; light offset to the endpapers; previous owner's ink inscription to the dedications page. Price-clipped dustwrapper is rubbed and edgeworn; spine panel sunned with light chipping to the head; now professionally protected by non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good.
Seller: Morocco Books and Collectibles, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
le Carré, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (First Printing). Hodder & Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$224.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first impression. Very Good: firm and square binding in clean black cloth; bumped to the corners; publisher's purple topstain, faded; bookseller's label to the front pastedown; internally excellent - crisp and clean. The unclipped dustwrapper (£2.95 net stated) is likewise Very Good: minimal fading to the spine, and scarce thus; wrinkling to the top corners (corresponding to the bumps) and a little rubbing to the extremities; 1cm closed tear and some surface loss to the foot of the upper spine fold, sealed to the verso with professional mending tissue; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.
Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
Price: US$238.59 + shipping
Description: 3 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with coloured endpaper maps in second volume; original blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set. The set comprises 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' (later impression, 1985); 'The Honourable Schoolboy (third impression; endpaper maps, 1977); 'Smiley's People' (first impression, 1980). Bright and affordable set of the most important and influential spy fiction trilogy of the Cold War.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
John le Carre. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1974.
Price: US$250.01 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine first printing of the first volume in le Carre's brilliant Karla/George Smiley trilogy. Binding tight with very slight cocking to spine. Very minor wear to spine ends. Pages clean and internally unmarked. Jacket has been price clipped and has negligible wear to the corners spine ends. A bright, sharp copy of a great spy thriller and also a great novel.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$282.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Three separate books, all are first editions, first impressions. 'Schoolboy'has the rare 'China Sea' map variant endpapers. None are ex library. Tinker Tailor pub 1974, pp 349, and the sequels The Honourable Schoolboy 532pp, pub 1977, and Smiley's People pub 1980, pp 327. 'Tinker Tailor' has some edge wear, chipping, small loss and closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed with small loss, spine slightly faded and time stained, previous owner's name to top ffep, overall in vg+ condition for its age, not price clipped (£2.95). 'The Honourable Schoolboy' has some edge wear, chipping and short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, folds scuffed with small loss, price clipped, 'Smiley's People' has some edge wear and a couple of small closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed, price clipped. All have very slight lean. Top of text block on 'Tinker Tailor' dyed purple as issued, text blocks of all are clean and tight. Books generally in very good condition. Jackets protected by film wrappers. Scarce John Le Carre classics, filmed for tv with Alec Guinness in the leading role as Smiley, and now a film starring Gary Oldman. An increasingly rare set.
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
le Carré, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$301.45 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. The first book in the Karla Trilogy and a highlight in the spy fiction genre. Original black cloth with lettering to spine and motif to bottom corner of upper board in gilt. Crease to top corner of front endpaper, half-title and title page, near fine otherwise with top-stain still present. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some of the usual fading to spine panel and a couple of very minor instances of rubbing to top edge, else near fine.
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
John le Carre. The Karla Trilogy. Hodder & Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$314.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: John le CARRÉ: The Karla Trilogy. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1974-1980. First editions, first printings. Le Carré s Karla trilogy. A very good set indeed. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy -- hard to see any fault with the book other than a small inscription, but there is a small amount of damage at top and bottom of spine to the unclipped dust jacket and some mild fading to the spine (see photo). The Honourable Schoolboy a very good copy indeed with just a handful of spots to the text block top edge, otherwise perfect. A very good dust jacket has no fading or fault but it has been price clipped. Smiley s People is the best of the three volumes, with no faults to the book at all and only a hint of shelf wear to the top edge of the rear of the clipped dust jacket. Very good ++. A very good set overall and at this price many hundreds of pounds below some asking prices online, represents very fair value for money. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK. Will require extra postage for non-UK sales, please ask.
Seller: Cheerleader Productions Ltd, Cheltenham, GLOS, United Kingdom
John le Carré. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Signed John le Carré. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1974.
Price: US$320.69 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Signed by John le Carré First Edition Second Impression Hodder & Stoughton 1974. A near fine copy with no signs of previous ownership or marking. Contents and edges free of foxing and unblemished throughout. Covers are bright and without bumping to corners. In a near VG dust jacket. Not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR directly to title page without dedication.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1974.
Price: US$339.93 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of John le Carre's George Smiley spy novel, about an attempt to uncover a Soviet Mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Le Carre's novel follows aging spymaster George Smiley as he attempts to uncover the mole, and was followed in 1977 by 'The Honourable Schoolboy', and in 1979 by 'Smiley's People'. Together, these titles are termed 'The Karla Trilogy'.Le Carre's novel is acclaimed for its social commentary.With the ink inscription '27' to the half title. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Inscription to half title. Sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with edge wear and two minor closed tears to back strip head. Minor closed tear to head of front wrap, and minor tear to tail of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Le Carré, John. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$357.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Le Carre. Tinker Tailor soldier Spy. Hodder And Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$378.41 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition First Printing The front end paper has a long inscription. Otherwise no faults. Dust wrapper/ The top ot the front flap hinge, spine and rear flap hinge have minor rubs. Otherwise clean and bright with no faults.
Seller: Barely Read Books, Limpsfield, United Kingdom
John le Carré. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Signed John le Carré. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1974.
Price: US$384.83 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Signed by John le Carré First Edition Second Impression Hodder & Stoughton 1974. A near fine copy with no signs of previous ownership or marking. Contents and edges free of foxing and unblemished throughout. Covers are bright and without bumping to corners. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR directly to title page without dedication.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. London Hodder and Stoughton 1974, 1974.
Price: US$481.04 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1974. A very good book with a crease to the head of the spine of the book. No inscriptions. Small white mark to the bottom of the front board. Small spot to the page edge. In a very good unclipped wrapper which is faded on the spine. Some rubbing to the corners. Rare first Smiley novel.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK Editions/First Printings. 3 volumes. Hardcovers. Includes Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974). Black cloth book is very good with some spotting to the top edge and a slight lean. The very good jacket is price clipped with some creasing and wear to the edges. The Honourable Schoolboy (1977). The black cloth book is fine with white end papers. The very good unclipped jacket is without a price, designating the export edition, with slight edgewear and creasing. Smiley's People (1979). The blue cloth book is fine. The near fine priced dust jacket is unclipped with trivial edgewear, a crease to the upper spine and a touch of soiling to the front panel. Nice set of the Karla Trilogy, published from 1974 to 1979 in the first printings.
Seller: MDS BOOKS, Mississauga, ON, Canada
John le Carré. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Signed by John le Carré postcard. Hodder & Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$513.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: John le Carré ,Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Signed by John le Carré, postcard will be sent boxed and via a signed for method of postage Extra postage will be needed for overseas orders if the weight exceeds one kilo book is signed without dedication unless stated otherwise. All books come with a lifetime guarantee No Coa's issued unless the book originally came with one then it will be included with the book.
Seller: Turn The Page Books, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Set of three volumes. Black cloth, gilt Tinker, blue cloth, gilt on the other two. Pictorial dust jackets, top edges a bit rough, and price clipped on the Tinker, and The Honourable Schoolboy. Interiors clean except The Honourable Schoolboy, which has a red mark in the margins of p291. A complete set of first editions of the Karla trilogy, published from 1974 to 1979, which won the Gold Dagger and the James Tait Black awards. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$634.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACKS - Tinker Tailor Solder Spy is a very good or better book with clean black cloth boards with un-faded gilt lettering to the spine. A little pushing to the spine tips. Internally the pages are very clean indeed with no foxing to the page block or to the inner text. There is a contemporary inscription to the front end-paper. The red top-stain has faded to a light pink, else a very clean book. The dust wrapper is in very good condition with shallow chipping to the spine tips, also to the corners of the front and rear flap folds. There is light fading to the spine, also with a small closed tear to the top right of the front panel. The publisher's printed price of £2.95net present to the front flap. The Honourable Schoolboy is a near fine book with the blue cloth boards with un-faded silver lettering to the spine, with the Hong Kong end-papers. A little pushing to the spine tips. Internally the pages are very clean with no foxing to the page block or to the inner pages. There is a contemporary inscription to the verso of the front end-paper, otherwise a very nice book. The dust wrapper is also in near fine condition with shallow chipping to the spine tips. There is light rubbing to the spine tips, with a tiny amount of loss to the top corner of the front flap fold. The dust wrapper has been neatly price clipped. Smiley's People is a fine book, free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. There is no toning or foxing to the page block, the inner text is extremely clean. The dust wrapper is in near fine or better condition with no loss, and with no fading to the red stripes present to the lower spine. There is a tiny closed tear to the top left of the front panel, else a lovely dust wrapper with the publishers printed price of £5.95net present to the front flap. A very good or better set of the Karla Trilogy in their original dust wrappers, only one of the three titles have been price clipped. Please obtain a postage quote if purchasing from outside of the UK, due to the books weight.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Price: US$769.66 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Three volumes, all First Editions, 1974, 1977 & 1980. Octavos. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is bound in black cloth and in a price clipped jacket. Near Fine book with a neat inscription in black ink on the front pastedown which is concealed by the jacket flap, and in a Near Fine jacket which has a couple of tiny closed tears to the top edge and more importantly almost no fade to the spine. The Honourable Schoolboy is bound in blue cloth covered hard boards and in the original un-clipped jacket, with the preferred end-paper maps of the waters around Hong Kong. Book is in VG+ condition, light spotting to top edge, jacket is Near Fine with slight wear to extremities. Smiley's People is bound in blue cloth and in a price clipped jacket. Just about Fine condition book in a Near Fine jacket which unusually has almost no fade to the spine. Overall an excellent set.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John LeCarre, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1974.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, NICE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Decorative, blank bookplate on front pastedown. NOT A REMAINDER. FIRST PRINTING. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. 355 pages. (note: image next to listing may be a stock image not representative of Hodder dustjacket.) COLLECTIBLE COPY.
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$962.07 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITIONS, pp. 416; 532; 328, crown 8vo, original black (the first volume) or blue boards, backstrips lettered in gilt, the first volume with vignettes to backstrip and upper board stamped in same, endpaper maps to second volume, the first with maroon top edge and contemporary ownership inscription to flyleaf, dustjackets, gentle fading to backstrip of first volume and slight lifting of laminate along upper joint-fold, a near fine set.
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$1000.55 + shipping
Description: 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured endpaper maps in the second volume; original cloth (black/blue/blue respectively), gilt backs, first volume with red top (faded as often), edges very lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper. First issue (with coloured endpaper maps) of 'The Honourable Schoolboy'. Bright set of the most important and influential spy fiction trilogy of the Cold War. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John LeCarre, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1974.
Price: US$1195.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, HANDSOME COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. NOT A REMAINDER. FIRST PRINTING. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. 355 pages. (note: image next to listing may be a stock image not representative of Hodder dustjacket.) Handsome copy of one of Le Carre's most popular titles. COLLECTIBLE COPY.
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Le Carre, John. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY. Hodder and Stoughton, London, U.K, 1974.
Price: US$1225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A collectible book. First British edition of the author's seventh novel and what many consider to be his finest. Stated on the Copyright Page: "Copyright 1974 by Le Carre Productions. First printed 1974 ISBN 034018879 0." Dust jacket, is clean and vivid, with no flaws but some normal slight edge wear. Binding is tight and square. Corners of Boards are sharp. Gold lettering and design are bright. Text is crisp and clean. Only flaw is a minor stain, 3/16" by 1/8", on the edge of the Front Free Endpaper. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy garnered instant praise for Le Carre as "[t]he premier spy novelist of his time. Perhaps of all time" (Time). "Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster" (Newsweek).
Seller: BIAbooks, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The famous Karla/George Smiley Trilogy by John Le Carre. All three volumes are the UK 1st Edition, 1st Printing. The books and jackets are especially nice. All books are photographed without acetate jacket protectors but all books will have fresh acetates provided upon purchase. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - 1st UK printing, 1974. A Fine/Fine book with light foxing to the fore-edges, else a beautiful clean unmarked book. Top edge stained plumb as issued. In a price clipped jacket which shows remarkably well and it is very unusual to find the spine of this jacket so dark. A touch of wear to the bottom corners only. And now preserved in an archival jacket protector. A genuine signed bookplate is affixed to the front endpaper. THE HONOROUABLE SCHOOLBOY - 1st UK printing, 1977. A Fine book, in a Near Fine price clipped jacket which shows light wear and one or two smallish chips along the extremities, a small crease to bottom of front panel, and a 5 mm closed tear to top edge, else Near Fine. SMILEY'S PEOPLE - 1st UK Edition, 1979. A Fine book in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. In the complete Dust Jacket with original price intact. The book has a previous owner name and circular seal pressed into the front endpaper. Otherwise a Fine unmarked copy in a beautiful jacket. A very attractive autographed set of the 20th Century's best Cold War spy novels. This three volume set will require extra shipping. Email for quote. Robust shipping.
Seller: Foley & Sons Fine Editions, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Price: US$1924.14 + shipping
Description: Uncorrected proof copy. Published by Hodder & Stoughton in London, 1974. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper has some slight wear to the edges but has not been price clipped, showing the original £2.95 net price. The soft covers, indicating the proposed price of £2.95 net in UK and the probable publication date of July 1st 1974 are without mentionable wear aside from some very minor rubbing at the corners and slight toning to the text blocks, with foxing on the top edge. The full title page is slightly separated at the spine, but remains bound. This copy is free from previous ink and is a very good (or better) copy. Scarce. A scarce proof of Le Carré's famed masterpiece.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Le Carré, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder & Stoughton London, 1974.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by John Le Carre on a laid in signature. An attractive dustjacket that has some fading to the spine. The book is bound in the publisher's black cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2308.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good condition first edition of The Karla Trilogy comprising, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smileys People, all with tipped in signatures of the author. All with original boards, dust jackets and only minimal rubbing to spine ends and corners. Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor has light fading of the spine of dust jacket. The Honorable Schoolboy has small internal tape repairs to two nicks on upper edge. All 8vo
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$2366.70 + shipping
Description: 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured endpaper maps in second volume; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco (blue/green/red respectively), backs with raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, custom-made slip-cases, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. First issue (with coloured endpaper maps) of 'The Honourable Schoolboy'. Elegant set of the most important and influential spy fiction trilogy of the Cold War. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of each title in the authorâs acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, original cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of Smileyâs People, "For Victor Ross with best wishes from John Le Carre - & with fraternal greetings! Hampstead 11 April 80." Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a first edition. The Honourable Schoolboy is a fourth impression and Smiley's People is a second impression. Each volume is fine to near fine in a fine to near fine dust jacket. Ownership name to Tinker Tailor. Rare and desirable with such a lengthy inscription from Le Carre. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy garnered instant praise for Le Carre as "[t]he premier spy novelist of his time. Perhaps of all time" (Time). "Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster" (Newsweek). Le Carreâs inspiration drew from his experience of the revealing of the Cambridge Five traitors in the 1950s and â60s (Anthony, 2009), and the novelâs popularity can be seen in relation to those shocking events. In 2011, the novel was adapted into a successful film, starring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth, and it received three nominations at the 84th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Actor. This successful production is but one of Le Carreâs numerous accolades in espionage fiction. He was awarded both the Helmerich Award and the Goethe Medal, and, in 2008, The Times ranked Le Carrà 22nd on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
John le Carré. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Signed John le Carré. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1974.
Price: US$3206.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Signed by John le Carré First Edition Hodder & Stoughton 1974. A VG+ copy. No previous owner's marks or inscriptions and contents unblemished throughout. No foxing to edges. Covers without marks or toning. Very small bump to bottom right hand corner of front cover (see image). In a VG+ price clipped dust jacket with no creasing, tears or loss and none of the usual fading to spine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR without dedication directly to title page.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 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: MDS BOOKS, Mississauga, ON, Canada
LE CARRÉ, John.. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.. London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$3509.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, flat signed by the author on the title-page; 8vo ; Heywood Hill card loosely inserted; publisher's blue boards, device to upper board and titles to spine gilt, illustrated dust-jacket, slight rubbing to extremities, fading to spine and slightly along top edge of upper panel, small closed tear to head of rear panel, otherwise a very good copy, not price-clipped and internally fine. British spymaster George Smiley squares off against his Soviet nemesis, known only as Karla.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3527.59 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1974. A fine book with one neat name to the half-title - SIGNED without dedication to the title page by Le Carre. In a fine neatly clipped wrapper WITHOUT fading to the spine. One touch of rubbing to the top of the spine - certainly the best example we have ever handled.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Price: US$3527.59 + shipping
Description: Three separate books, all first editions, first printings. Tinker Tailor, Soldier Spy published in 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy published in 1977; Smiley's People published 1980. All books are very good/near fine. Tinker Tailor - SIGNED via bookplate to the half-title by John le Carre; arguably the author's masterpiece. A near fine book without inscriptions, firm and square binding in clean black boards; a little rubbing to the edges and gently pushed to the spine tips; the publisher's topstain is faded. The near fine unclipped dustwrapper (£2.95 net stated) is bright and vibrant with some fading to the spine; some rubbing to the spine tips and corners and a small nick to the bottom edge. The Honourable Schoolboy - a near fine book SIGNED via bookplate on the half-title by the Author. In a very good edgeworn clipped dust wrapper with wear and a little chipping to the extremities. Smiley's People - a near fine book SIGNED without dedication on a bookplate to the half-title. All now protected in Brodart wrappers. The first volume was the basis for the 1970s series starring Sir Alec Guinness and latterly the excellent motion picture featuring Gary Oldman.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Price: US$3784.15 + shipping
Description: An uncorrected proof of Le Carre's masterpiece, published in 1974 by Hodder and Stoughton. With the rare proof dust wrapper. The book is without inscriptions with some rubbing and a little browning in place to the spine. SIGNED to a bookplate affixed to the title page, 'John Le Carre, aka David Cornwall'. The rare proof dust wrapper has wear to the corners and edges and a little sunning to the spine. Exceptionally scarce.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
John le Carré. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Signed John le Carré. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1974.
Price: US$3848.28 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Signed by John le Carré First Edition Hodder & Stoughton 1974. A near fine copy. No inscriptions or signs of ownership. Top edge tint still bold and bright, no bumping to corners or edges. In a near fine dust jacket that has no fading at all to spine. Not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR directly to half title page without dedication. "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" by John le Carré is a gripping espionage novel set during the Cold War. The story follows George Smiley, a retired British intelligence officer, who is brought back into the world of espionage to uncover a Soviet mole within the highest ranks of the British Secret Service, known as the Circus. Smiley must navigate a complex web of deceit, betrayal, and hidden identities as he delves into the past and present activities of his former colleagues. With meticulous detail and psychological depth, Le Carré crafts a thrilling tale of intrigue, loyalty, and the cost of espionage in a world where trust is a luxury.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$4810.36 + shipping
Description: A set of proofs of the three novels in The Karla Trilogy, comprising 'Tinker Tailor Soldie Spy'/ 'The Honourable Schoolboy' and 'Smiley's People'. All in dust wrappers, volume two a Galley Proof with oversize dust wrapper with map endpapers. A very good set with some edgewear and spotting to volumes 1 and 2. A set rarely offered for sale
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
John Le Carre. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (double-signed by author). Hodder & Stoughton, 1974.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" by John Le Carre. 1974 first UK edition first printing, double-signed by the author "John Le Carré alias David Cornwell - or the other way around!" on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to head, small patch of laminate lifting at upper joint, faint rubbing to upper and lower edge, but a near-fine example generally. Rare double-signed and in such good condition without the usual fading to spine. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 spy novel by British-Irish author John le Carré. It follows the endeavours of taciturn, aging spymaster George Smiley to uncover a Soviet mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service. The novel has received critical acclaim for its complex social commentaryand, at the time, relevance, following the defection of Kim Philby. It has been adapted into both a television series and a film, and remains a staple of the spy fiction genre.[2][3] Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was followed by The Honourable Schoolboy in 1977 and Smiley's People in 1979. The three novels together make up the "Karla Trilogy", named after Smiley's long-time opponent Karla, the head of Soviet foreign intelligence and the trilogy's overarching antagonist. In 2022, the novel was included on the "Big Jubilee Read" list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, selected to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$5451.74 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A very smart, signed set of John Le Carre's noted 'Karla Trilogy'. Comprising all three novels of this series 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy', 'The Honourable Schoolboy' and 'Smiley's People'.Price clipped dustwrapper to 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'.'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is the first novel of the series and follows the spymaster George Smiley and his mission to uncover a Soviet mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service. It was published at a time when the uncovering of such moles was public memory.Tipped in signature of Le Carre to the title page of 'Smiley's People' and 'The Honourable Schoolboy'. Loosely inserted to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a signed picture of John Le Carre.A lovely set of this important spy thriller trilogy. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. With original dustwrappers. Dustwrapper to 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is price clipped. Tape repair internally to the head of 'The honourable schoolboy' dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Dustwrappers are smart. Minor shelfwear to the head and tail of spines. Internally, firmly bound. Binding error to page 257 of 'Smiley's People' whereby there is damage to the fore-edge. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of each title in the author's acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, 3 volumes. Each volume is signed by John le Carre on a bookplate to the title page. Each is near fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, uncommon in this condition and signed. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy garnered instant praise for Le Carre as "[t]he premier spy novelist of his time. Perhaps of all time" (Time). "Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster" (Newsweek). Le Carres inspiration drew from his experience of the revealing of the Cambridge Five traitors in the 1950s and 60s (Anthony, 2009), and the novels popularity can be seen in relation to those shocking events. In 2011, the novel was adapted into a successful film, starring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth, and it received three nominations at the 84th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Actor. This successful production is but one of Le Carres numerous accolades in espionage fiction. He was awarded both the Helmerich Award and the Goethe Medal, and, in 2008, The Times ranked Le Carré 22nd on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of each title in the author's acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, original cloth, 3 volumes. Each volume is signed by John le Carre on a bookplate attached to the title page and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy is signed by actor Alec Guiness, who played George Smiley in the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy series. He has signed on a slip of paper attached opposite to the title page. Each is near fine in near fine dust jackets. An exceptional set, uncommon in this condition and signed. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy garnered instant praise for Le Carre as "[t]he premier spy novelist of his time. Perhaps of all time" (Time). "Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster" (Newsweek). Le Carres inspiration drew from his experience of the revealing of the Cambridge Five traitors in the 1950s and 60s (Anthony, 2009), and the novels popularity can be seen in relation to those shocking events. In 2011, the novel was adapted into a successful film, starring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth, and it received three nominations at the 84th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Actor. This successful production is but one of Le Carres numerous accolades in espionage fiction. He was awarded both the Helmerich Award and the Goethe Medal, and, in 2008, The Times ranked Le Carré 22nd on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Description: First editions of each title in the author's acclaimed Karla Trilogy. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Each volume is signed by John le Carre on a bookplate, with two signed "John le Carre aka David Cornwell." Each are in fine condition. Each volume is housed in a custom slipcase. An exceptional set, uncommon signed. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy garnered instant praise for Le Carre as "[t]he premier spy novelist of his time. Perhaps of all time" (Time). "Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster" (Newsweek). Le Carres inspiration drew from his experience of the revealing of the Cambridge Five traitors in the 1950s and 60s (Anthony, 2009), and the novels popularity can be seen in relation to those shocking events. In 2011, the novel was adapted into a successful film, starring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth, and it received three nominations at the 84th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Actor. This successful production is but one of Le Carres numerous accolades in espionage fiction. He was awarded both the Helmerich Award and the Goethe Medal, and, in 2008, The Times ranked Le Carré 22nd on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$8337.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A set of the 'Karla' Trilogy : 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy', 'The Honourable Schoolboy' And 'Smiley's People'. All three titles are the First UK printings published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1974, 1977 and 1979 respectively. All three titles have been signed (without dedication) by the author to the title page. All three titles were signed at the same private signing event in 2019. Further details regarding this event can be supplied for provenance. Vol. 1) 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' : The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Light pushing at the spine ends. The gilt titling remains bright. Light toning and spotting to the text-block. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. It bears the correct price of '£2.95' to the lower front flap. Light edge wear with the usual fading of colouring to the spine. A very tiny light watermark to the lower rear corner, which is barely discernible. Vol.2) 'The Honourable Schoolboy' : The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Blue map end-papers. Light pushing at the spine ends with a little fading at the extreme edges. The gilt titling remains bright. Some light toning and spotting to the text-block. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. It bears the correct price of '£4.95' to the lower front flap. Only very light edge wear with a small closed tear to the lower front edge. Vol.3) 'Smiley's People' :The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Only very slight pushing at the spine ends. The gilt titling remains bright. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. It bears the correct price of '£5.95' to the lower front flap. Only a hint of edge wear with light toning to the rear upper edge. A light vertical crease to the front flap but barely discernible. No fading of the orange colouring to the design on the spine. All three wrappers are protected in removable Brodart archival covers. A very scarce set of the author's landmark trilogy with such attributes and full provenance provided. Collectible. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1974.
Price: US$8800.00 + shipping
Description: First British edition of the author's seventh novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by author on the title page, "with best wishes John le Carre" and by the author's father, "and much love from his father Ronnie July 1974." Ronald Cornwell was the father of le Carre and was a known associate of the Kray twins. The family was continually in debt. The fatherâ"son relationship has been described as "difficult". Rick Pym, a scheming con man and the father of A Perfect Spy protagonist Magnus Pym, was based on Ronnie. When his father died in 1975, Cornwell paid for a memorial funeral service but did not attend, a plot point repeated in A Perfect Spy. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, rare and desirable signed by both son and father, this is the first example we have seen. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy garnered instant praise for Le Carre as "[t]he premier spy novelist of his time. Perhaps of all time" (Time). "Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster" (Newsweek). Le Carres inspiration drew from his experience of the revealing of the Cambridge Five traitors in the 1950s and 60s (Anthony, 2009), and the novels popularity can be seen in relation to those shocking events. In 2011, the novel was adapted into a successful film, starring Gary Oldman and Colin Firth, and it received three nominations at the 84th Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Actor. This successful production is but one of Le Carres numerous accolades in espionage fiction. He was awarded both the Helmerich Award and the Goethe Medal, and, in 2008, The Times ranked Le Carré 22nd on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$9620.71 + shipping
Description: First editions, presentation copies, inscribed by le Carré to his friend Jerzy Pietrkiewicz and with Pietrkiewicz's library stamps. Pietrkiewicz was a Polish poet, novelist, and translator who emigrated to England during the Second World War, later becoming professor of Polish literature at King's College London. The second and third works are first impressions, while the first is a second impression. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Jerzy with love, David, alias John lé Carre". The Honourable Schoolboy is signed on the title page and inscribed below the dedication: "and for Jerzy with affection & admiration, David". Smiley's People is signed on the copyright page and inscribed on the title "* for friendship / for jerzy with deep affection and gratitude* / from David 3 Feb 80. In the Hampstead Salon". It is unusual to encounter all three books inscribed to the same recipient. The trilogy saw the return of le Carré's hero and master-spy George Smiley, almost ten years after the success of The Looking Glass War in 1965. Smiley is "an anti-Bond figure: dumpy, bespectacled, intellectual, mundane, and nearly invisible. In the Karla Trilogy. le Carré perfects the novelistic form of the realist spy" (Prévost, p. 197). Provenance: from the library of Charlie Watts (1941-2021), the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death, with his posthumous bookplates. Maxime Prévost, "Mythology and Diplomacy in Works by Ian Fleming and John le Carré", in Isabelle Daunais & Allan Hepburn, eds, Diplomacy and the Modern Novel, 2020. 3 works, octavo. Original blue boards, titles to spines gilt. With dust jackets. Old newspaper clipping with article on Sir Maurice Oldfield loosely inserted in Smiley's People; Oldfield, MI6 director between 1973 and 1978, was one of Carré's models for the character of Smiley. Spine of The Honourable Schoolboy slightly faded at ends and with faint offsetting from jacket, otherwise all fine; jackets sunned at spine, that of The Honourable Schoolboy with short closed tear at foot, jackets unclipped; a fine set in near-fine jackets.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$11224.16 + shipping
Description: Three separate books, all first editions, first printings. Tinker Tailor, Soldier Spy published in 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy published in 1977; Smiley's People published 1980. All books are near fine/near fine. 'Tinker Tailor' is not price clipped, has a small thin stain to the foot of the inside of the wrapper and no inscriptions in the book - some light spotting to the page edges and prelims. SIGNED by the Author to the title page. 'The Honourable Schoolboy' is near fine - the DJ is not price clipped and has a little wear to the spine tips. SIGNED by the Author to the tile page. 'Smiley's People' - book but is fine and has no inscriptions (some light spotting to the endpapers) - not clipped. SIGNED by the Author to the title page. All now protected in Brodart wrappers. The first volume was the basis for the 1970s series starring Sir Alec Guinness and latterly the excellent motion picture featuring Gary Oldman. A near fine set and exceptionally scarce SIGNED. All books were signed at Hatchards in 2018.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom