Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Le Carre, John. Call For the Dead. Walker & Company, New York, 1962.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 128 pages. Book Club edition. Originally published in England by Victor Gollanez in 1961 & then in America by Walker earlier in 1962. His 1st novel. Introduces George Smiley to the world of espionage fiction. Signed by Le Carre on the title pages. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with a touch of fading to the spine. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Le Carre, John LeCarre, John. Call for the Dead. Walker and Company, New York, 1962.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Author's first book. The first edition of this book can cost $1800 and up. This bookclub copy looks identical to the American first.
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Le Carre, John. Call for the Dead. Walker & Company, s.l. [New York], 1962.
Price: US$560.67 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. In custom blue clamshell case. SIGNED by author to title page. Quarter aqua cloth, brown paper boards. 128 pp. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Spine sunned and few spots of very light wear to extremities of dust jacket. Harbourfront Reading Series signing event tickets laid in, dated March 25, 1999. A signed copy of Le Carre's first novel, which introduces George Smiley, one of his most famous recurring characters.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
LE CARRE, John. Call for the Dead (Signed). Walker & Co., New York, 1962.
Price: US$680.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Bound in light green cloth that shows some mild sunning to extremes. A tight, clean copy of this scarce first edition. Fitted with a facsimile dust jacket that fits the book perfectly Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page. The first George Smiley novel. 192 pp.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Le Carre, John LeCarre, John. Call for the Dead. Walker and Company, New York, 1962.
Price: US$1795.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. TRUE first American edition - NOTa bookclub. Author's first book. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Le Carre, John. Call for the Dead. Walker and Company, New York, 1962.
Price: US$2450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A very fine copy of the true US first edition (following the 1961 Gollancz UK first edition) in its still bright mint-green-colored cloth. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Ticket to reading event laid in. Mylar-protected still pure white dust wrapper is unclipped($3.50), totally unfaded, with only a hint of miniscule wear at top front corners and top spine edge, a virtually unnoticeable repaired small abrasion near LE on the spine and a 1/8" closed tear at top edge of rear panel. In all, a superior and still virtually As new copy. Pictures available on request.
Seller: James N. Beal, TORONTO, ON, Canada
Le Carré, John. Call for the Dead. Walker and Company, New York, 1962.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by John Le Carre on a laid in signature. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color without the common fading to the spine. The book is in excellent condition and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally 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.