Call For the Dead

Contents appear as new, unopened, unread & unblemished in fine rust and turquoise colored board. DJ displays minimal surface/edge/wear, as shown, with small bump at heel of spine. The author's scarce first novel, the world's introduction to George Smiley and one of the most sought after works of fiction of the… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1961. First edition of the author's first book, which introduced the world to the recurring protagonist, George Smiley. Octavo, original red cloth. Signed by the author on the title page in a contemporary hand, "John le Carre David Cornwell." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. An exceptional example,… Read more about this item

Hardcover Cloth 128 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. BOMC edition 1961 with mark on back cover. Beautiful blue and brown boards with gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with… Read more about this item

Walker & Co, 1962-06-01. Hardcover. Good-. //Good-. . *Book Club Edition* GOOD-/GOOD-. Blue and brown jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector, approx. 8.25'' x 5.75'',128pp., few very small chips to edges of jacket, few small chips and some white spots to jacket, 2 small gray smudges to top front corner of jacket, small gray spot to top… Read more about this item

[New York]: Walker and Company, 1962. First American Book Club Edition. Very good/good. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 128 pp. Wear to jacket edges and 2 1" tears on bottom of front jacket cover. This is a first American book club edition of Le Carre's first novel. It is also the first appearance of Le Carre's… Read more about this item

Contents appear as new, unopened, unread & unblemished in fine rust and turquoise colored board. DJ displays minimal surface/edge/wear, as shown, with small tear bottom edge.. The author's scarce first novel, the world's introduction to George Smiley and one of the most sought after works of fiction of the sixties. It… Read more about this item

Walker and Company, 1962. Hardcover. Fine quarter-cloth hardcover with a tiny dog ear to one page in a Fine dust jacket. A very nice, very well preserved and apparently unread copy. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Book club edition. 128 pages; 5.5… Read more about this item

London: Gollancz, 1961. A first edition, first printing published by Gollancz in 1961. A near fine copy with slight bumping to the head and base of the spine. One full length crease to the rear board and a small stain to the top edge. Two small rough patches on the front paste down and a little paper residue on… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1961. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". None. The first edition, second impression, of John Le Carre's first novel. Double signed by the author to a bookplate to the front pastedown. The first edition, second impression of John Le Carre's first novel. 'Call for the Dead' introduces George Smiley, Le Carre's famous… Read more about this item

This hard bound book is in very good condition. The front and back paste down pages are yellowed from the glue. All other pages are clean and crisp. The binding is tight and all pages in in tact. The Front and back boards are clean and neat. The spine is clean and neat. The… Read more about this item

New York: Walker & Co., 1962. Bound in light green cloth that shows some mild sunning to extremes. A tight, clean copy of this scarce first edition. Fitted with a facsimile dust jacket that fits the book perfectly Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page. The first George Smiley… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1961. First edition of the author's first book, which introduced the world to the recurring protagonist, George Smiley. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a very good second printing dust jacket with a chip to the crown. A sharp example. Call for The Dead introduces George Smiley, probably the greatest figure in all of spy… Read more about this item

NY:: Walker and Company,. Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. B000CRIT2M . The author's first book. First American edition. Slightly cocked, damp stain along bottom of rear board and lower spine corner of front board, thus only good in a good (corresponding light damp ripple along the bottom edge of the rear panel, author… Read more about this item

Walker and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. First American Edition. Hardcover. Inside clean and clear of marks. Dustjacket has a tear near upper spine & some chipping. Tanning consistent with age. Price pencilled on first fly leaf, and last name of owner written on inside cover. ; 128 pages .

A 5th impression very good paperback, minor defect on cover as in image, text very good. John le Carré classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service Agent George Smiley, who is introduced in this,… Read more about this item

New York: Walker and Company, 1962. BCE. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book and Dust Jacket both Near Fine. Penciled price to front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and intact throughout. Light wear. Book Club Edition. 128 pages.

London: Penguin Classics, 2018. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Reissue in the Penguin Classics series of Le Carre's first novel, originally published by Gollancz in 1961. Introduces George Smiley.

Walker Books, 2004. hardcover. As New. PRICED TO SELL! VIEW ALL IMAGES -- US edition: Walker & Company, New York, 2004. Hardcover. The first George Smiley novel rereleased with a forward by P.D. James. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New - perfect condition. FIRST EDITION. Not price clipped.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1961. First edition of the author's first book, which introduced the world to the recurring protagonist, George Smiley. Octavo, original red cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional example, uncommon in this condition. Call for The Dead introduces George Smiley, probably the greatest figure in all of spy fiction. The New York… Read more about this item

Walker And Company, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing. States "First published by in the United States in 1962 by Walker and Company.Unlike the book club edition this copy has no blind stamp and is bound in half red cloth over red paper boards. NO DUST JACKET..