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Le CARRE**, JOHN: : SINGLE & SINGLE

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1999.

ISBN ISBN 0340738979.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,part glossy colour pphotographic and part gold foil,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,glossy, gilt-lettered author name,capitalised,black-lettered title; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author+title as front and publisher's black-lettered name,to foot of same,rear panel with critics' white+gold lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present.Top edges with some faint, minimal and sporadic dust flecks,fore-edges bright and clean with 3 tiny blemishes but no foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread,other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain burgundy cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip,a gold+white coloured striped headband with a gold coloured,sewn-in silk bookmark ribbon,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-356pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters,reverse of last page with author's Acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a dedication with a quotation to its reverse. 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 near 25-year-old age.It is only the minimal exterior faults that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional example copy for its cleanliness and brightness and will make an excellent addition to any Le Carré collection. In 'Single & Single',Le Carre masterfully establishes a sequence of events whose connections are mysterious, complex and compelling. He tells of corrupt liaisons between criminal elements in the new Russian states and the world of legitimate finance in the West. He also paints an intimate portrait of two families: one Russian, the other English; one trading illicit goods, the other laundering the profits; one betrayed by a son-in-law, the other betrayed, and redeemed, by a son. From his Cold War espionage novels,Le Carré now switches to the post-Soviet Union environment and in the action-packed 'Single and Single' there's an intriguing delve into the apparently legitimate banking of the West and its ties to the criminal elements of the former Soviet bloc. A corporate lawyer from the House of Single & Single is shot dead on a Turkish hillside for crimes he didn't understand. A children's entertainer in Devon is taken to his bank late one night to explain a monumental influx of cash. A Russian freighter is arrested in the Black Sea. A celebrated London financier disappears into thin air and a British customs officer is on a trail of corruption and murder. The logical explanation of these events is one of the many pleasures of this extraordinary novel of love, deceit, family and the triumph of humanity. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that 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 any inexpensive 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,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

LE CARRE, John : Single & Single

Sceptre, 2000

Reprint. A fine unread copy of this paperback issue, in the original thin card pictorial wrappers as issued. SIGNED BY LE CARRE on the title page.

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