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John le Carré. The Honourable Schoolboy Signed John le Carré. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1977.
Price: US$290.61 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Honourable Schoolboy Signed by John le Carré First Edition Hodder & Stoughton 1977. No previous owner's name inscriptions or marks and contents unblemished throughout. Light scattering of foxing to top edge. A near fine copy in a VG dust jacket. Not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to bookplate on half title page.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
John le Carré. The Honourable Schoolboy Signed John le Carré. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1977.
Price: US$290.61 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Honourable Schoolboy Signed by John le Carré First Edition Hodder & Stoughton 1977. No previous owner's name inscriptions or marks. Contents unblemished throughout. A VG+ copy in a VG dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to bookplate on half title page.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
John le Carré. The Honourable Schoolboy Signed John le Carré. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1977.
Price: US$452.06 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Honourable Schoolboy Signed by John le Carré First Edition Hodder & Stoughton 1977. A fine copy with no previous owner's name inscriptions. Contents and edges clean and unblemished, covers with no bumping or rubbing. In like dust jacket with no creasing or tears. Not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to bookplate on half title page. "The Honourable Schoolboy" by John le Carré is a thrilling spy novel that continues the story of George Smiley. After the shocking revelations in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Smiley is tasked with rebuilding the British intelligence agency, known as the Circus. The story follows Jerry Westerby, a journalist-turned-spy, as he embarks on a dangerous mission to uncover a massive money laundering operation in Southeast Asia. As Westerby navigates a treacherous landscape of international intrigue, he becomes entangled in a web of politics, espionage, and personal betrayals. Le Carré masterfully explores the complexities of loyalty and the high stakes of intelligence operations in this compelling and thought-provoking novel.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Le Carre, John LeCarre, John. The Honourable Schoolboy. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1977.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. TRUE FIRST PRINTING. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY! (Stock image may not be of this edition.)
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$2906.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Proof copy published by Hodder & Stoughton, London in 1977. The wrappered PROOF is in Very Good++ or better condition and is bound in plain white card covers. Blue map endpapers which are slightly undersized. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The scarce proof WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. There is a little loss, creasing and rubbing at the spine tips with a little edge-wear at the corners. There is a sticker to the front cover publicising '120,000 copies first printing', 'record paperback price paid for UK rights' and 'simultaneous world publication on September 8th'. The wrapper is identical to that for the first trade edition although it differs in a few respects being slightly shorter, with a promotional sticker to the upper panel, larger spacing to the text on the lower flap and with a misspelling of the photographer's surname. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the title page. A very scarce proof copy of the second title in the acclaimed 'Karla Trilogy'. Signed proof copies of this title are exceptionally scarce. Collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
Price: US$4068.56 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACKS - The Honourable Schoolboy is a very good book, free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. Signed by the author to the title page. There is foxing to the top page block, else a nice clean copy with the map end-papers present. The blue cloth boards are clean with a little pushing to the spine tips. The dust wrapper is a near very good example with a two inch closed tear to the left corner of the spine. Shallow rubbing to the spine tips and corners, with the publisher's printed price of £4.95net present. Smiley's People is a near very good book with a small faint stain to the centre page edge of the first five pages. There is also a small stain to page 222. There is foxing to the top and side page block. Signed by the author to the title page. The blue cloth boards are very clean indeed, free of any soiling. The dust wrapper is in very good condition, with no loss, but with light fading to the spine, also with a small crease to the upper corner of the rear flap. The publisher's printed price of £5.95net is present.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom