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Le CARRE**, JOHN: : CALL FOR THE DEAD. [SIGNET/NAL G2435.]

US.NEW YORK,NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY,1964.

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US,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn. [Originally and first published (UK),8vo HB+dw/dj by Gollancz (London) in 1961,followed by (US) HB edn in 1962 by WALKER and Company,NY. Published in arrangement and with authorisation of Walker and Co.,by NAL - this p/back SIGNET G2435,stated First Printing February,1964,complete and unabridged.] FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price removal (40c) from front card cover. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy,black wrap-around black background with non-credited colour pictorial artwork illustrated front cover with capitalised red-lettered title,other white-lettered author name and credit for a subsequent title (TheSWCIFTCold,publisher's b/w lettered, illustrated,numerated (G2435) and priced colophon to front cover's fore-edge and white-lettered synopsis and 2 critics' reviews; a flat,black spine/backstrip with a small red panel with SIGNET credit within,at its head, book's white letter+serial number,capitalised white-lettered title and other white-lettered author 's name; rear cover with red+white lettered synopsis and 3 US critics' red-lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Spine/ backstrip with some minimal small,vertical wrinkles - due to its glue ageing and drying out over time - definitely NOT reading creases/ wrinkles.Top+fore-edges with ubiquitous and inevitable age-acquired ageing/toning; contents bright,tight,clean with minimal page-edge toning internally,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - would appear unread other than my own collation.US,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn,9-128pp includes XVIII (18) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with a synopsis and publisher's advert for other genre titles (2 of them by Ian Fleming - 'Doctor No' and 'From Russia with Love') to it's reverse,a title page,a Contents list/table,and a title separator page.                                  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 60-year old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral p/back.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of usual detracting faults paperbacks can acquire.   After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans - and their agents - know more about this man's death than the Circus previously imagined?                   Le Carré's debut novel,'Call for the Dead', introduced the tenacious and retiring George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage and deceit. This title also marks the American appearance of John Le Carre,an extremelly talented mystery writer.This suspense novel was runner-up for first prize in the British Crime writers Association awards for 1961.              Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!   N.B. ALL buyers please note,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 the 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. **

US,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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