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LE CARRÉ (JOHN) Call for the Dead, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED on the title-page, Victor Gollancz, 1961 image 1
LE CARRÉ (JOHN) Call for the Dead, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED on the title-page, Victor Gollancz, 1961 image 2
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LE CARRÉ (JOHN)
Call for the Dead, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, Victor Gollancz, 1961

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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LE CARRÉ (JOHN)

Call for the Dead, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED on the title-page, half-title, light toning and spotting, publisher's red cloth (spine ends slightly rubbed), dust-jacket (price clipped, spine lightly soiled with expert restoration at ends including neat ink facsimile replacement to word "Gollancz" and emblem at foot, a few other neat repairs at folds and horizontal margins of upper cover), 8vo, Victor Gollancz, 1961

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SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK, marking the first appearance of George Smiley.

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