The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré

George Smiley finds himself in the undesirable position of running this demoralized organization and decides his first priority should be to set right some of the damage Bill Haydon did to his beloved service.

In this novel, the Circus, or British Secret Service, is still reeling with knowledge that one of its best and most respected agents was a Russian spy. To browse the rest of our extensive John le Carre listings search using the keyword: Durdlec.The Honourable Schoolboy is a spy novel by the acclaimed author John Le Carre. A solid reader copy of this collectible title, that looks reasonable in the fitted archival cover. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described.

This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. Jacket has loss and creasing to top edge and 6mm tear to bottom edge of front panel. Text block clean, with very light marking to edges. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, title gilt perfect. Boards clean, with light bump to top corner of upper board. The Knopf hardcover edition was in its fourth printing (1977) when this Bantam edition was released. First Edition Thus in the USA (1978) unstated, in accordance with Bantam's customary practice. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only the mildest wear and a couple of unobtrusive flaws.

Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of wear to the extremities very mild rubbing to wrapper covers a one-inch, very fine hairline crease at the bottom of the front hinge the pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging the binding is square and secure, though ever so slightly concave the text is clean.

The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré