John le carré introduction (20 risultati)

Condizione: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. Hardcover book, dust wrapper is good+ to very good; book is very good+ to near fine (top closed text edge which is red has 1" area of spotting) - all text and black-and-white images are fine and clear. 296 pages. Perhaps signed by John LeCarre - signature is not accurately deciferable. First English edition.…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 304 pages. 7.72x5.08x0.83 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 175 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. book has slight shake to hinges, light wear to corners and edges, mild wear to ends and sides of spine, slightest creasing to spine, mild shelf wear/toning across cover, otherwise in solid presentable shape.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 206 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG illustrated wraps large softcover. 4to. 156pp. No names or markings to text. Light to moderate general wear. First edition photography.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Text/BRAND NEW. Red linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/NF w/trace rub to upper front corner tip. DJ/VG; Strong & sound with nips, chips, & small losses to upper edges & showing faint discoloration. An examination of the life of Harold Adrian Russell "Kim: Philby (1912 - 1988), high ranking British intelligence officer who served as an operative of the NKVD (predecessor to the KGB) and KGB, and member of the Cambridge Five. Based on hundreds of interviews in the Western world. Authors Page, Leitch and Knightley are members of the Insight Team of The Sunday Times in London. As le Carré points out the political motive of Kim Philby remains elusive; it is said that Stalin suspect him of being a "triple agent". Much lore surrounds Philby, giving rise to various interpretations in fiction and film. His is a fantastic tale, and this is journalism at its best. Fine copy in a lesser dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Book Club Edition. Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1968 (date stated on title page). Book Club Edition (a Book-of-the-Month Club selection). As New in an As New Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, quite tight, straight and square, with deckled fore-edges and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full raspberry-colored cloth, color consistent throughout, with bright gilt title, etc., to spine, unmarked black endpapers, all corners square and sharp, and a book club deboss to lower back board. The Dust Jacket is fully intact, bright and flawless, with BOMC notation to front flap and no price. See photos. x + 300 pages. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". Written before the exposure of Anthony Blunt and John Cairncross as members of the Cambridge Five or Cambridge Spies, this history of espionage in the UK relates the involvement of Kim Philby, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess in the spy ring as they delivered British, and American, secrets to the Soviet Union from the 1930s to the early 1960s, and their exposure as moles by British Intelligence. Introduction by John Le Carré, and three sections of unnumbered pages of photographs. The authors all worked for the Sunday Times. We also have Conspiracy of Silence: The Secret Life of Anthony Blunt by Barrie Penrose and Simon Freeman for sale.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. Stated first edition in the original format. A stunning compilation of McCullin's groundbreaking photographs. With an introduction by John Le Carre. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket is price-clipped, else fine, clean and bright, and protected by a Mylar jacket cover. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 240 pp numerous black and white photos, red covers, blindstamped title to spine, leopard to front, illustrated endpapers. Clean sound book, slight shelf wear, lacks band with titles. Marcus Bleasdale (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Fourth Printing. Still stiff to open in illustrated gray cloth, about new. In sturdy gray slipcase with dark staining.; 339 pages.

Condizione: fine. 1980, 156pp, paperback, staat is goed. Hoekjes van de kaft zijn geplastificeerd en daardoor vergeeld. Ex libris voorin.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. illustrated edition annotated edition. 1878 pages. 10.75x9.25x4.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Thus. Volumes 1 and 2 share a box; Volume 3 in its own box. Internally all three vols have a 6 cm x 7 cm bookplate on front paste downs; Errata slips attached to front free end papers of first two vols. All clean and undamaged, with no faults, including slip cases.…

Condizione: Very Good. First soft back edition in publisher's original illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 4to 11'' x 9''. Contains 156 pages with 120 monochrome photographs from a variety of wars and locations. Slight sun fading to the edges of the covers and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 436274817 PHOTOGRAPHY.…

First Canadian Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); dark blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt; dustjacket; 156pp; black-and-white photographic (halftone) illustrations. Small remainder mark to lower edge of textblock. Light shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $29.95), spine-faded, light peeling to spine panel, and trivial surface wear; Very Good. Photographs of rural England, Vietnam, Bangadesh, and Cambodia, with an introduction by John Le Carré. [88605].…

W. W. Norton & Company. 2005, 2006. First edition set. In three large 4to hardback volumes in DW. Vols. I and II in one slipcase and Vol. III in its own slipcase. A lovely clean and fresh set in wrappers that are slightly crumpled to head of spines. Slipcases have slight signs of wear and are spotted along lower panel.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Secker and Warburg in 1980. The much scarce casebound edition. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just a little pushing at the spine ends. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. It has minor creasing to the edges and is faded to the spine which has encroached onto the front panel. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been Signed by Don McCullin to the title page. The book includes an introduction by John le Carré, a list of captions and a bibliography. '.He (Don McCullin) can do nothing lazily, nothing that does not touch upon the enigma of existence. In a grey, confused, elusive, ever-compromising world, he has the gall to think of life and death and the purpose of existence.' [Taken from the Introduction by John le Carré, reprinted on the back cover]. Sir Donald McCullin, CBE, Hon FRPS is a British photojournalist, particularly recognised for his war photography and images of urban strife. His career, which began in 1959, has specialised in examining the underside of society, and his photographs have depicted the unemployed, downtrodden and the impoverished. There was a major and highly acclaimed Tate Britain retrospective exhibition of his work in 2019. An important monograph covering the work of photo journalist and social documentarian Don McCullin. Scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Secker and Warburg in 1980. The much scarce casebound edition. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just a little pushing at the spine ends. Very light toning to the page edges. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. It has minor creasing to the edges and the spine with a little lifting of the laminate in places. There is some fading to the spine but less so than usually encountered. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been Signed by Don McCullin to the title page. The book includes an introduction by John le Carré, a list of captions and a bibliography. '.He (Don McCullin) can do nothing lazily, nothing that does not touch upon the enigma of existence. In a grey, confused, elusive, ever-compromising world, he has the gall to think of life and death and the purpose of existence.' [Taken from the Introduction by John le Carré, reprinted on the back cover]. Sir Donald McCullin, CBE, Hon FRPS is a British photojournalist, particularly recognised for his war photography and images of urban strife. His career, which began in 1959, has specialised in examining the underside of society, and his photographs have depicted the unemployed, downtrodden and the impoverished. There was a major and highly acclaimed Tate Britain retrospective exhibition of his work in 2019. An important monograph covering the work of photo journalist and social documentarian Don McCullin. Scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s). …