Description
Signed first American edition of The Night Manager by John le Carre.
Octavo, 429pp. Full gray cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to corners and small crease to spine. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $24.00 retail price on front flap, a near fine example. Signed by the author on a front flyleaf.
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.”
