JOHN LE CARRE SMILEY'S PEOPLE FIRST EDITION HARDBACK U/C DJ 1980

Smiley's People (First Printing) LE CARRE, John (pseud CORNWELL, David John Moore) \nPublished by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1980. Hard Cover in Good condition, block lean, bumping to the spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor, with a little creasing and tears to the edges, unclipped, with a crease to the inner flap. Publisher's blue boards with gilt spine lettering. End-papers, free of any previous owner's markings. First edition. \nFeaturing the British master-spy George Smiley, this is the third and final novel of the \""Karla Trilogy\"", following Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy. George Smiley is called out of retirement to investigate the death of one of his old agents: a former Soviet general, the head of an Estonian \u00E9migr\u00E9 organisation based in London. Smiley learns the general had discovered information that will lead to a final confrontation with Smiley's nemesis, the Soviet spymaster Karla.\n\n---------y