Buy this book on-line Le Carre, John : The Honourable SchoolboyAlfred A. Knopf, 1977 ISBN 9780394416458
Stated First Trade Edition. Unclipped, unfaded DJ in archival cover., Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Le Carre, John : The Honourable Schoolboy. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Le CARRE**, JOHN: : THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOYLONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1977. ISBN 0340220422.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.This is believed to indicate an export edn,which usually precedes the UK trade edn issue/distribution in the country of its origin.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour photographic illustrated upper panel with white letters,b/w full- length author photograph to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Usual rubbing+ chipping - due to laminate breakdown to edges with miniscule loss.Closed,oblique,approx 1" tear with creasing towards head of spine/ backstrip,and a much smaller closed nick towards rear corner.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,unfoxed and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered - apart from board's top two corners which are minimally bumped - publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,and map illustrated endpapers.Rear endpapers have light water-stain to bottom edges.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii+16-532pp [paginated] includes Pts 1+2 comprising 22 chapters (12 + 10 each respectively); plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages,author foreword,contents list/table,poetry extract and Pts I+2 separator pages.2nd title in the 'Karla' trilogy.Author died 12 December,2020.
Described hard,but fairly and honestly.
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn,no creasing to dw/dj inner flaps and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,glossy laminated,scenic colour photographic (Mekong River at sunrise) illustrated front panel with white lettering,non-faded spine with similar white lettering,rear panel with author's full-length b/w portrait photograph; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing - one small,2cm closed tear on rear top edge towards head of spine with minimal creasing,tiniest snick to rear,top corner's tip - no loss,no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj with miniscule rubbing/chipping and reciprocal colour paper loss.Top edges very lightly toned but clean without foxing/spotting,fore-edges bright and clean almost blemish free - certainly without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, possibly an unread copy,other than my own collation. Publisher's original bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate and clean sets of identical,repeated colour China Sea map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, viiipp+16-532pp [paginated] includes author's Foreword,Pts 1-2 comprising 12 and 10 chapters respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,an epigram (W.H. Auden),and individual Pts separator pages.
Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading.
George Smiley,as Head of the British Secret Service,and on the brink of retirement,must reconstruct the intelligence service in order to run a successful offensive espionage operation to save the service from being dismantled by the government.
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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. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of LE CARRE, John : The Honourable Schoolboy. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri antichi, livres illustrées, out of print books, livres anciens and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |