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Price: US$625.96 + 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
Price: US$3553.47 + 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.
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.