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LE CARRÉ (JOHN) Call for the Dead, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY HIM ...

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LE CARRÉ (JOHN)
Call for the Dead, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY HIM on the title-page, half-title, publisher's brown cloth, dust-jacket (very faint light stain on rear cover, small area of abrasion to spine and band of uniform light toning on verso only but overall exceptionally bright), 8vo, Victor Gollancz, 1961
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EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK, which marked the first appearance of George Smiley. Scarce, only a handful of signed copies having appeared at auction in the past decade and rarely in such fresh condition.
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LE CARRÉ (JOHN) Call for the Dead, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY HIM ...

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