LE CARRE, JOHN

The Honourable Schoolboy

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Ben F. Wohlberg. Stated First Edition (preceding the Knopf trade edition). Includes a special author's message to subscribers not found in the trade edition. Publisher's full brown cloth, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration in each compartments, gilt floral decoration and borders on covers, moire silk endpapers, a.e.g, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with full-page, full-color plates by Ben F. Wohlberg. Printed exclusively for members of The First Edition Society. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The First Edition Society Series. Color Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xx), 546 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

Round Table Books, LLCProfessional seller

Book number: 13436

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical Fiction; Literature; Novels; Fine Binding; Espionage; Spies; George Smiley; First Edition; Fine Binding; Novels, Poetry & Literature Mystery & Suspense Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

Le Carre, John

The Honourable Schoolboy

NY: Knopf, 1977. 1st printing of 1st edition. f/lt. rubbing o/w vg+ dj, A previous owner's bookplate on the front end paper. Light foxing along page edges (not affecting text or margins) otherwise a clean very good+ hard cover book in near fine dust jacket.

Lorrin Wong, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 2021340

Catalogue: Mysteries & thrillers

Keywords: 0394416457

Carre, John le

The honourable Schoolboy

Bantam, 1980,531pp., paperback(verkl.), goed(vergeling, opdracht hoekje).

KastenvolPrivate seller

Book number: 192257694

Keywords: detectives

CARRE, JOHN LE

The honourable schoolboy

New York, Alfred A Knopf. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: -) Cloth with dust jacket, 3m5. not price-clipped, 533 pag - Second printing before publication. Good.

von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & ZonenProfessional seller

Book number: 056450

Catalogue: Engelstalige Literatuur

CARRE, JOHN LE

The honourable schoolboy

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1977, First Edition - Fourth Impression. (ISBN: -) Cloth with dust jacket. not price-clipped, 532 pag. Good.

von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & ZonenProfessional seller

Book number: 056713

Catalogue: Engelstalige Literatuur

CARRE, JOHN LE

The honourable schoolboy

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1977, First Edition - Fifth Printing. (ISBN: -) Cloth with dust jacket, 5L7. not price-clipped, 532 pag. Good.

von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & ZonenProfessional seller

Book number: 061645

Catalogue: Engelstalige Literatuur

Le Carre, John

"The Honourable Schoolboy" in Playboy (August, 1977)

Chicago, Playboy, 1977. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers. Near Fine.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: b23228

John Le Carre

The Honourable Schoolboy

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition. Cloth. The first US trade edition of this espionage novel by famous English author John le Carré. The first US trade edition, preceded by the true first UK edition and a limited edition in the same year. Spy novel by John le Carré, following his character of George Smiley, career intelligence officer with "The Circus", as he tries to run a successful offensive espionage operation to save the service from being dismantled by the government. Winner of the Gold Dagger award for best crime novel of the year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, spine cocked forward. Dust wrapper unclipped and smart with shelf wear, lightly chipped to head of spine and creased to extremities, as common. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 842A90

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: john le carre first editions spy novels James Tait Black Memorial Prize first editions None

John Le Carre

The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley&Apos;S People

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1977-1979. First edition. Cloth. First editions of The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People by John le Carré The final two novels in John le Carré's Karla trilogy; The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People. First editions, found in their original dust wrappers. Better known by his pen name John le Carré, the late David John Moore Cornwall is known for his espionage novels, several of which were successfully adapted for film. Having worked for both MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and 1960s, Cornwall then became a full time writer following the international success of his third novel. As well as portraying British intelligence agents as political functionaries, le Carré also dwells on the moral ambiguity of spy work as his characters become entangled in Cold War espionage. These two novels follow George Smiley as he endeavours to root out a mole and entrap his Soviet counterpart, Karla. In the publisher's original cloth binding, found in the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine of The Honourable Schoolboy. There are six pieces of masking tape to the folds at the reverse of the wrap of The Honourable Schoolboy to prevent wear and tear, and a very small tear in the wrap at the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. The endpapers are a little grubby but pages are otherwise bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 851N1

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: John le Carré Espionage The Honourable Schoolboy Smiley's People Espionage Dust Wrapper None

LE CARRE, John

The Honourable Schoolboy

Franklin Center, PA, The Franklin Library, 1977. Hardcover. Illustrations by Ben F. Wohlberg. Small 4to. Full orange calf with raised bands and elaborate gilt lettering and decorative rules and devices. 546pp. All edges gilt. Color illustrations, orange moire silk endpapers, sewn-in orange satin page marker. Fine. Pristine, tight limited (unspecified) first edition, slightly preceding the Knopf first trade edition, of the popular George Smiley espionage novel by the actual MI6 agent turned bestselling novelist (1931-2020). This choice copy bears on front flyleaf an archival decorative-edged bookplate boldly signed by Le Carré in blue ink. Book is housed in the Franklin Library's thin card stock slipcase with gold foil label. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 50089

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: British Literature Mystery & Detective

John Le Carre

The Karla Trilogy: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [with] the Honourable Schoolboy [with] Smiley&Apos;S People

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1974-79. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, signed set of John Le Carre's noted 'Karla Trilogy&apos. Comprising all three novels of this series 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy', 'The Honourable Schoolboy' and 'Smiley's People&apos.  Price clipped dustwrapper to 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy&apos. 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is the first novel of the series and follows the spymaster George Smiley and his mission to uncover a Soviet mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service. It was published at a time when the uncovering of such moles was public memory. Tipped in signature of Le Carre to the title page of 'Smiley's People' and 'The Honourable Schoolboy&apos. Loosely inserted to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a signed picture of John Le Carre.A lovely set of this important spy thriller trilogy. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. With original dustwrappers. Dustwrapper to 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' is price clipped. Tape repair internally to the head of 'The honourable schoolboy' dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Dustwrappers are smart. Minor shelfwear to the head and tail of spines. Internally, firmly bound. Binding error to page 257 of 'Smiley's People' whereby there is damage to the fore-edge. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 766L11

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Karla Trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Smiley's People Honourable Schoolboy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy None

John Le Carre [David John Moore Cornwell]

The Honourable Schoolboy

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this award winning spy novel by John le Carre. First edition, third impression. A spy novel following George Smiley and his reconstruction of an intelligence service. He must then run a successful offensive espionage operation to save the service from being dismantled by the government. The book won the 1977 Gold Dagger award for best crime novel of the year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Written by John le Carre, or David John Moore Cornwell, a British and Irish author best known for his espionage novels and their adaption for film or television. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 902T40

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Honourable Schooboy Le Carre Schooboy None

Le Carre, John

The Honourable Schoolboy

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Book Club ed. Hardcover. 533 p. Very good condition/good.

Brookline Village BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 8074

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Literature Fiction Espionage

LE CARRE John

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [with] The Honourable Schoolboy [with] Smiley's People. [The Karla trilogy complete and unabridged]. THE KARLA/SMILEY TRILOGY COLLECTED

Peerage Books,, [1991]. 3 works in 1 vol., 8vo., page-edges tanning lightly as ever; laminated pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in blue and black, a very good, bright, clean copy. Reissue of the Reed collected edition of 1986. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 43999

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, le carre, john le carre, cornwell, david cornwell, smiley, george smiley, karla, spy fiction, cold war

LE CARRE John

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [with] The Honourable Schoolboy [with] Smiley's People. [Mixed Impressions.] THE 'KARLA' TRILOGY COMPLETE

Hodder and Stoughton,, [1974-80]. 3 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with coloured endpaper maps in second volume; original blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set. The set comprises 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' (later impression, 1985); 'The Honourable Schoolboy (third impression; endpaper maps, 1977); 'Smiley's People' (first impression, 1980). Bright and affordable set of the most important and influential spy fiction trilogy of the Cold War.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 46283

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, le carre, john le carre, smiley, george smiley, karla, cold war, spy fiction