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Call for the Dead
by Le Carre, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Walker and Company, 1962. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128pp. Brown boards, blue cloth quarterwrap spine w gold lettering. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Brown and blue titled DJ is clean and without wear. BOMC blindstamp square bottom of back board beside tail. Small octavo: 21 x 15cm. A fine copy of the BOMC edition of John Le Carre's first novel.
Synopsis
Call for the Dead is John le Carré's first novel. It introduces George Smiley, the most famous of le Carré's recurring characters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045391
- Title
- Call for the Dead
- Author
- Le Carre, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Walker and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Le Carre, John, 1931-2020. NOISBN Espionage
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Post Horizon Booksellers
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About the Seller
Post Horizon Booksellers
Biblio member since 2021
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
About Post Horizon Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- BOMC
- Book-of-the-Month Club These are popular books republished and sold at a discounted price by one of these many clubs, the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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