Fair to average condition.Gollancz first edition, twenty first impression.
All pages intact. Square & tight.
Includes original dust jacket which has a few chips.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a British agent, being sent to East Germany as a faux defector to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer. It serves as a sequel to le Carré's previous novels Call for the Deadand A Murder of Quality, which also featured the fictitious British intelligence organization, "The Circus", and its agents George Smiley and Peter Guillam.
Le Carre's second and perhaps best known novel, adapted for the screen in the 60's by Martin Rita, with Richard Burton in one of his best film performances as the eponymous spy Alec Leamus.
Fair to average condition.Gollancz first edition, twenty first impression.
All pages intact. Square & tight.
Includes original dust jacket which has a few chips.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a British agent, being sent to East Germany as a faux defector to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer. It serves as a sequel to le Carré's previous novels Call for the Deadand A Murder of Quality, which also featured the fictitious British intelligence organization, "The Circus", and its agents George Smiley and Peter Guillam.
Le Carre's second and perhaps best known novel, adapted for the screen in the 60's by Martin Rita, with Richard Burton in one of his best film performances as the eponymous spy Alec Leamus.