Description
Signed limited edition of The Russia House by John le Carre, published by London Limited Editions in 1989.
Octavo, 344pp. Title in gilt on green cloth spine. Blue marbled paper boards with gilt trim. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher’s wax paper dust jacket, a few short closed tears to top edge, otherwise fine. One of 250 specially bound copies, this being number 220. 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.”
