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Le CARRE**, JOHN: : THE LOOKING-GLASS WAR. [PAN M210 (1966,1st issue/printing.)]

LONDON.PAN BOOKS LTD.,1966.

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UK,12mo p/back,Ist edn,1st printing (1966). [Originally and first published UK,(London) by WILLIAM HEINEMANN,1965,as UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st ed.This listing with 1966 text block+ publication date,but issued in 2nd printing covers - red PAN logo to foot of spine - as opposed to the 1st print covers having a b/w PAN logo.] Near FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal (5/-) from rear cover.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,glossy,red background with black silhouetted supine body with face on its side and broken glasses by left hand, illustrated front card cover with capitalised, white-lettered title overlapped to body,other black-lettered crediting of previous novel (The Spy Who Came in From the Cold) with publisher's b/w+grey lettered+illustrated colophon to front's top,right-hand corner,a concave and reading creased,black spine/backstrip with capitalised white-lettered title,other white-lettered author anme and lightly faded red+black PAN figure of publisher's b/w lettered+numbered colophon at foot of same,rear cover with critics' b/w and white-lettered reviews and repeated capitalised title as front's to black blocked background.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top_fore-edges with inevitable but very light age-acquired toning and without other blemish - no foxing/ spotting either; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, obviously very carefully read and cared for item.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,1st printing with 2nd printing covers - possibly making it a variant - 10-254pp [paginated] includes  Pts I-III comprising 1,8 and 14 chapters respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title with synopsis,a title page,a dedication with author's Foreword to its reverse,a Contents list/table with an epigram and to its reverse a prose extract from Pitman's Complete Morse Instructor,individual Pts separator pages,each with an epigram,recto of the last page without any pagination (printing fault?) and publisher's advertisement for The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and critics' review to same. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 55+ year-old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral p/back. It is only the minimal exterior faults described that that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults that paperbacks can acquire.              'The Looking Glass-War is a 1965 spy novel. It was written in response to the positive public reaction to his previous novel,'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold',the book explores the unglamorous nature of espionage and the danger of nostalgia.The book tells the story of an incompetent British military intelligence agency known as The Department and its multiple botched attempts to verify a Communist defector's story of a Soviet missile buildup in East Germany.      Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                                  

UK,12mo p/back,Ist edn,1st printing (1966).
Not SIGNED.

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