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Smiley's People
by le Carr, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some creasing and wear), blue cloth, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages un
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1980. 1st (4th imp). hardback. Near Fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some creasing and wear), blue cloth, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked. Owner's inscription on ffep.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Into a shadowy, violent and intricate world steeped in moral ambivalences steps George Smiley, sometime acting Chief of the Circus, as the Secret Service is known. His brief is to bury crime, not to solve it, as he fights his own private battle from London to Paris and Hamburg.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132542
- Title
- Smiley's People
- Author
- le Carr, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some creasing and wear), blue cloth, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages un
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st (4th imp)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 327
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, espionage, thriller, le Carr, pseudonym
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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- Fine
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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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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