Description
Signed first American edition of The Secret Pilgrim by John le Carré.
Octavo, 335pp. Full black cloth, title in gilt on spine and cover. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page. Solid text block, fine condition. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $21.95 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear. This copy is signed by the author for The First Edition Circle at Kroch’s & Brentano’s of Chicago, with laid-in bookmark.
David Cornwell (1931-2020) was a British author who wrote under the pen name of John le Carré. In 1961, while working for British intelligence, le Carré published his first novel, Call for the Dead. With his third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), le Carré became an international best-selling author, and he soon began writing full-time. Many of the author’s works are spy novels set during the Cold War. Several were made into movies. In 2008, The Times of London included John le Carré on its list of “50 greatest British writers since 1945.”
