Author: LE CARRE, JOHN (PSEUDONYM OF DAVID JOHN MOORE CORNWELL)
Title: A Small Town in Germany
Description: New York: Coward - McCann, Inc, 1968. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The gilt lettering on the spine has darkened a bit. The text pages are clean and bright. The edges of the text block have some light toning / darkening. The top edge of the text block is stained a reddish color. The spine ends and corners of the dust jacket have a bit of very light bumping and rubbing. There is one very small semi-closed edge tear to the top spine end of the dust jacket. "The scene is Bonn, a small provincial town elevated by the cold war to the artificial status of a capital city. The protagonists are British diplomats, their wives, and aspiring German politicians." "David John Moore Cornwell (born 19 October 1931) (pen name John le Carré) is a British author of espionage novels. During the 1950s and the 1960s, he worked for the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service, and began writing novels under a pen name. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963) , became an international best-seller, and remains one of his best-known works. Following the success of this novel, he left MI6 to become a full-time author.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
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Title: A Small Town in Germany
Description: New York: Coward - McCann, Inc, 1968. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The gilt lettering on the spine has darkened a bit. The text pages are clean and bright. The edges of the text block have some light toning / darkening. The top edge of the text block is stained a reddish color. The spine ends and corners of the dust jacket have a bit of very light bumping and rubbing. There is one very small semi-closed edge tear to the top spine end of the dust jacket. "The scene is Bonn, a small provincial town elevated by the cold war to the artificial status of a capital city. The protagonists are British diplomats, their wives, and aspiring German politicians." "David John Moore Cornwell (born 19 October 1931) (pen name John le Carré) is a British author of espionage novels. During the 1950s and the 1960s, he worked for the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service, and began writing novels under a pen name. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963) , became an international best-seller, and remains one of his best-known works. Following the success of this novel, he left MI6 to become a full-time author.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: Modern Fiction First Editions John Le Carre Germany Bonn, Germany Espionage Spy fiction Europe Adventure Modern Fiction Firsts
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 32834
- Book number: 32834
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