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The Looking Glass War
by John Le Carre
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0340328479
- ISBN 13
- 9780340328477
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. JOHN LE CARRE. The Little Drummer Girl, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983 Octavo, first British edition, pp. i (foreword), 430, 1 (note), taupe paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine, top edge tinted taupe. Author's fourth book. Condition of this book: Fine in near fine jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; 1980s; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0340328479. ISBN/EAN: 9780340328477. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55207. . 9780340328477
Synopsis
"You are either good or bad, and both are dangerous." It would have been an easy job for the Circus: a can of film couriered from Helsinki to London. In the past the Circus handled all things political, while the Department dealt with matters military. But the Department has been moribund since the War, its resources siphoned away. Now, one of their agents is dead, and vital evidence verifying the presence of Soviet missiles near the West German border is gone. John Avery is the Department's younger member and its last hope. Charged with handling Fred Leiser, a German-speaking Pole left over from the War, Avery must infiltrate the East and restore his masters' former glory. John le Carre's The Looking Glass War is a scorching portrayal of misplaced loyalties and innocence lost. With an introduction by the author.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55207
- Title
- The Looking Glass War
- Author
- John Le Carre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0340328479
- ISBN 13
- 9780340328477
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Fiction; 1980s; Literature & Literary. Unbranded ISBN: 0340328479 EAN: 9780340328477 John Le Carre The Looking Glass War
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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