A Murder of Quality

Lot 308
17.09.2021 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 308 | A Murder of Quality
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A Murder of Quality
John Le Carré, 1962
LE CARRÉ, John (1931-2020). A Murder of Quality. London: Victor Gollancz, 1962.

First edition of the author’s second published work: the publisher’s file copy. An excellent copy. This novel is set in an elite English public school but still features British intelligence officer George Smiley as the main character.

Octavo. Original red cloth; dust jacket (mild soiling chiefly to lower panel, some minute wear to tips); custom box. Provenance: Victor Gollancz Ltd. ("File Copy" stamped on lower jacket panel and on front flap crossing to inside cover, two small notations on the front free endpaper and one on the lower panel).
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