Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by Le Carre, John
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a spy novel by John le Carré, first published in 1974. It is the first volume of a three-book series informally known as The Karla Trilogy, followed by The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People. All three novels were published as a single-volume omnibus, The Quest for Karla.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
by Le Carré, John
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
by Le Carre, John
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- 1974
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974. 349 pages. Maps on endpapers. 2nd impression in the same year as the first. The near-fine dustwrapper is price clipped.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatization)
by Le Carre, John
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Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Spy
by JOHN LE CARRE
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- 1974
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United States, Arkansas, USA
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Alfred Knopf, New York, 1974 VG+/VG+. Original black boards with gilt titles on front board and spine, Top of pages red. PO's name and address stamped on first fly page. No other marks, tight clean copy. Looks to be never opened and read. DJ is gold with black and white titles to front and spine.
Le Carre drew from… Read more about this item Item Price
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TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
by Le Carre, John
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PASADENA, California, USA
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Hodder and Stoughton Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. A FINE FIRST EDITION IN NEAR FINE DJ. SIGNED ON BOOKPLATE. PRICE ON DJ NOT PRICE CLIPPED. Item Price
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Uncorrected Proof SIGNED using both names by the Author
by Le Carre, John
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- 1974
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GBR
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974. An uncorrected proof of Le Carre's masterpiece, published in 1974 by Hodder and Stoughton. With the rare proof dust wrapper. The book is without inscriptions with some rubbing and a little browning in place to the spine. SIGNED to a bookplate affixed to the title page, 'John Le Carre, aka David Cornwall'. The rare… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by John Le Carre
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- First Thus
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- 1988
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First Printing of Franklin Library (1988). Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. John le Carré. Fine, as new, unread, blue textured full cloth hardcover with silver lettering, design, and page edges. Hubbed spine and decorative endpapers. Commissioned illustrations by Herbert Tauss. An essential volume in the Franklin Masterpieces of Mystery collection. Boxed for safe shipping. 3-2-b Item Price
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![Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [with] The Honourable Schoolboy [with] Smiley's People. THE 'KARLA' TRILOGY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/180/887/1380887180.0.m.jpg)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [with] The Honourable Schoolboy [with] Smiley's People. THE 'KARLA' TRILOGY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
by LE CARRE John
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- [1974-80]
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Thakeham, West Sussex, GBR
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Hodder and Stoughton,, [1974-80]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured endpaper maps in the second volume; original cloth (black/blue/blue respectively), gilt backs, first volume with red top (faded as often), edges very lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper. First issue (with coloured endpaper maps) of 'The Honourable Schoolboy'. Bright set… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by Le CARRE, John
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- Used - Very good in original black cloth boards, with gilt and black-pressed titling, faint foxing to endpapers. Very good unclipped du
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- First American Edition, First Printing
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- 1974
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Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good in original black cloth boards, with gilt and black-pressed titling, faint foxing to endpapers. Very good unclipped dust jacket, that has a small water mark on the bottom left spine, and a small chip to the upper back flap.. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by Carre, John Le
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- 1974
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- Hardcover
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Wichita, Kansas, USA
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This is a Borzoi book published by Knopf in 1974 and this is a fifth printing. Used book may have markings, writing from the previous owner. DJ has some bumping, rubbing, little tears on the top, spine, edges, corners. Outer edges could have tanning, browning, stians, foxing. Pages deckled. Top stain of faded red or pink. The first part… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
by Le Carre, John
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- 2015
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2015. Signed limited first edition of the author's seventh novel and what many consider to be his finest. Octavo, bound in original full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by John le Carre. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy garnered instant praise for Le Carre… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [With] The Honourable Schoolboy [With] Smiley's People](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/215/109/1423109215.0.m.jpg)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [With] The Honourable Schoolboy [With] Smiley's People
by John Le Carre
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- Very Good Indeed
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- First edition
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- 1974-79
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-79. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". None. A very smart, signed set of John Le Carre's noted 'Karla Trilogy'. Comprising all three novels of this series 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy', 'The Honourable Schoolboy' and 'Smiley's People'. Price clipped dustwrapper to 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'. 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
by Le Carre, John
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- 1974
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy garnered instant praise for Le Carre as "[t]he premier spy novelist of his time. Perhaps of all time" (Time). "Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster" (Newsweek). Le Carres inspiration drew from his experience of the revealing of the Cambridge Five traitors in the 1950s and 60s (Anthony,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy
by John le Carre
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- Very Good
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- Book Club Edition
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- 1974
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The Villages, Florida, USA
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New York, N.Y. : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc./Borzoi Book, 1974. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cloth covers with gilt print on front cover and spine. Book Cub Edition as indicated by no date on dust jacket and blindstamp square on bottom of rear book… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by le Carre, John
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First edition first printing
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- 1974
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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First edition first printing of the third novel in the George Smiley series first novel in The Quest for Karla trilogy. First made into the 1979 television series starring Alec McGuiness as George Smiley. Then made into the 2011 movie of the same name starring Gary Oldman. This copy was a hard cover review copy with Canadian review copy slip… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
by Le Carre, John
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- 1st Edition
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- 1974
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- Hardback
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London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1974. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is a little rubbed at corners with a couple of small tears to spine ends. Coloured top edge is starting to fade. NOT price clipped. Book front upper corner a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tinker,Tailor,Soldier,Spy
by John Le Carre
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- Used - fine
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- Fine
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- First American
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- May 1974
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- Hardcover
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San Diego, California, USA
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$300.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, May 1974. First American. Hardcover . Used - fine/Fine. First American Edition. DJ tips with just a hint of rubbing, otherwise 'as new.' A square, tight and unmarked copy with text which appears unread. Dust jacket now protected in removable mylar. Item Price
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
by Le CARRE, John
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- Used - Very Good
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- Reprint.
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- 1975
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- Paperback
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- 0330244078
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Auckland, NZL
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$7.00
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London: Pan Books, 1975 A very good unmarked copy, just light age toning in the endpapers. Item Price
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
by Le Carre', John
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- As New
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- None
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- First Edition
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- 2009
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- Hardcover
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Auckland, NZL
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$62.31
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London: The Folio Society, 2009. Nice copy. Grey cloth on boards, silver title and illustrated with silhouette of four men. Immaculate content. Illustrated. Binding is As New. 339p Box slipcase: As New. Grey. Solid.. First Edition. Hb. As New/None. Illus. by Tim Laing. Item Price
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