Description
Signed first edition of The Secret Pilgrim by John le Carre.
Octavo, 335pp. Full blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First published in Great Britain 1991” on copyright page. Solid text block, fine condition. In the publisher’s fine dust jacket, 14.95 retail price on front flap. Signed by the author on the title page.
David Cornwell (1931-2020) was a British author who wrote under the pen name of John le Carre. In 1961, while working for British intelligence, le Carre published his first novel, Call for the Dead. With his third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), le Carre became an international best-selling author, and he soon began writing full-time. Many of le Carre’s works are spy novels set during the Cold War. Several were made into movies. In 2008, The Times of London included John le Carre on its list of “50 greatest British writers since 1945.”
