The Honourable Schoolboy (The sixth book in the Smiley series)
by le Carre, John ( David John Moore Cornwell )
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0743457919
- ISBN 13
- 9780743457910
- Seller
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Pocket Books, 2002. ----- # 013135 - The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover (roughly) 8 1/4" by 5 1/4" (inches) flat uncreased spine, clean tight square & true, 589 pages, Very Good Plus condition with errant ink mark on top edge & small roughed area at spine heel. "George Smiley has become chief of the battered British Secret Service. The betrayals of a Soviet double agent have riddled the spy network. Smiley wants revenge. He chooses his weapon: Jerry Westerby, 'The Honourable Schoolboy', a passionate lover, & a seasoned, reckless secret agent. Westerby is pointed east, to Hong Kong. And so begins the terrifying game...." Check out the scans. . 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
The Honourable Schoolboy (1977), by John le Carré, is a spy novel wherein British SIS Chief George Smiley must reconstruct the mole-devasted London headquarters, and also launch a successful offensive espionage operation to save “The Circus” from falling to the War Hawks in Government. Unto the breach enters Gerald Westerby, “The Honourable Schoolboy” and the protagonist spy of Operation Dolphin, effected in Hong Kong.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013135
- Title
- The Honourable Schoolboy (The sixth book in the Smiley series)
- Author
- le Carre, John ( David John Moore Cornwell )
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0743457919
- ISBN 13
- 9780743457910
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- le Carre, John ( David John Moore Cornwell ) The Honourable Schoolboy (The sixth book in the Smiley series) Pocket Books "George Smiley has become chief of the battered British Secret Service. The betrayals of a Soviet double agent have riddled
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Britain;
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.