Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy
by Lecarre, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Near Fine
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1974. Nice looking copy which has become scarce in any condition. Minor cupping at base of spine. Brief gift inscription to 21yr old from parents on fep. No other markings. Tight and square. Red topstain sunned. Price clipped jacket is clean and bright with only minor signs of wear. In mylar. . Fourth Printing. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a 1974 British spy novel by John le Carré, featuring George Smiley. Smiley is a middle-aged, taciturn, perspicacious intelligence expert in forced retirement, recalled to service to hunt down a Soviet mole in “The Circus”, the highest echelon of the Secret Intelligence Service. In keeping with le Carré's œuvre, the in medias res narrative begins with the repatriation of a captured British spy, background being supplied through a series of flashbacks.
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018413
- Title
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy
- Author
- Lecarre, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Classic Author's;
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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