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Smiley's People
by John le Carré
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good+
- Seller
-
Caterham, Surrey, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London; 1980. First edition, fourth impression. Condition: Near Fine/Good+
Published the same year as the first impression, this smart book is bound in it's original blue cloth boards. The binding is tight and square and free from damage, with just one small mark to the bottom of the front board, and a touch of bumping to the spine ends and corners. Inside, the pages are clean and bright and free from wear or damage save a little speckling to the top edge.
The book is housed in it's original dust jacket. There is some wear to the edges, with chipping and loss, a few small marks to the rear panel and some sunning to the spine. In spite of this, it remains smart.
In all, this is a good example of this early impression of the first edition, which would sit well on any shelf.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Everlasting Editions
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 761
- Title
- Smiley's People
- Author
- John le Carré
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, 4th impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- John, single, le, Carre, the, russia, house, constant, gardener, tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, thriller, smiley, people, looking, glass, war, our, game, spy, honourable, naive, sentimental, lover, autobiography, cold,
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About the Seller
Everlasting Editions
Biblio member since 2015
Caterham, Surrey
About Everlasting Editions
Everlasting Editions sells beautiful rare, collectible and signed first edition books to treasure for a lifetime. We offer a wide range of books rom a variety of genres, but specialising in Modern First Editions and Children's First Editions. Whether you simply collect for the joy of owning beautiful rare books or whether you believe, as we do, that they are a worthwhile investment in a time of economic difficulties, we are confident that we have the right book for you.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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