"Call for the Dead", by John Le Carre, published by Walker and Company, New York, 1962. First BOMC [Book of the Month Club] Edition published one month after the First Trade Edition. "First published in the United States in 1962 by Walker and Company," is stated on the copyright page. It is identical to the first trade edition and printed from the same plates. The only mark of BOMC is the small embossed dot on the backboard and there is no price on the front flap of the dust jacket.

A first US edition of Le Carre's first novel. Introducing the character of George Smiley, Call For The Dead provided a welcome respite from the flamboyance of other spy characters, particularly Ian Fleming's 'James Bond', and the book was both popular and well received. The understated George Smiley character would be used subsequently to increasing popularity and acclaim in novels such as "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy".

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Original un-clipped dust jacket [very little surface wear and edge wear, hard boards [nice], blue cloth spine, 5.3/4" x 8"; 128 pages, nice pages, very good binding and condition [l5he]