The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
1963
$2,209.00
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First edition (1963). First impression. Medium format hardback in near fine condition. There is a previous owner's inscription to front end page. There is also a 2 cm closed tear to top rear edge of jacket. There is a loosely laid in small Christmas card with a self portrait of Le Carre drawn by himself and also signed and dated. (Le Carre was an occasional Caricaturist)
This book 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.