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[Spy Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, limited issue, on of 500 copies. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6] 339 [6]. With a map of Africa at rear. Publisher's hardback blocked in silver, terracotta endpapers, sewn endbands, pictorial cloth slipcase. This is an exclusive signed edition for Hatchards, Piccadilly. Fine in slipcase. A naive young interpreter stumbles into the heart of an outrageous British plot in this astonishing novel by the master of the literary thriller. Author John Le Carre was a recipient of the Crime Writers' Association Diamond Dagger, recognising a lifetime contribution to crime writing in the English language. From the comprehensive espionage collection of Jon Gilbert (pencil ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography.