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Hardcover collector edition, Heron Books / Edito-Service S.A., Geneva, 1981, by arrangement with Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, in fine condition. The boards are bound in deep maroon faux leather, elaborately gilt-tooled with interlacing geometric bands, knotwork, covering the full front board and continuing across the spine panels. Gilt lettering to the spine carries the title and author name. The binding is firm and tight. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked throughout. Includes a frontispiece portrait of the author by Sheilagh Noble. A handsome book. Heron Books / Edito-Service produced collector editions of popular and classic works throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. First published in 1963 by Victor Gollancz, London. A story of betrayal and moral compromise following a weary British intelligence officer on one final Cold War assignment.

This handsome first printing is in fine condition. The pages are tight, clean, and unmarked, and the book remains square and firm in its binding. The red boards are unmarked, with red lettering along the spine, and the dust jacket is clean and unmarked. This copy is also available to international customers through AbeBooks.com, as Kathrin’s Books currently ships within Canada only.

This handsome first printing is in fine condition. The pages are tight, clean, and unmarked, and the book remains square and firm in its binding. The black boards are pristine, with red lettering on the front and spine, and the dust jacket is clean and unmarked. This copy is also available to international customers through AbeBooks.com, as Kathrin’s Books currently ships within Canada only.

This beautiful first edition hardcover is in fine condition. The pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked, remaining tight and square in their binding. The grey cloth boards are well-preserved, with gilt lettering along the spine. The dust jacket is unmarked.

This edtion is near fine, no marks, pages are tight and near fine, the book is tight, square, and near fine. The dust jacket is unmarked. The Night Manager by John le Carré is a gripping spy thriller first published in 1993. It follows Jonathan Pine, a former British soldier turned night manager at a luxurious hotel in Cairo. Pine becomes entangled in a dangerous world of international arms dealing after coming into possession of incriminating documents linked to a notorious arms dealer, Richard Roper. The Night Manager was widely praised by critics and readers, validating le Carré's reputation as a master of the espionage genre.

A Pocket Books paperback in very good condition. Covers are clean, square, and free of soiling or creasing. Remainder mark to the bottom edge as issued. Pages are bright and clean throughout, completely free of any marks, stamps, annotations, or turned corners. Binding is firm and tight. A clean, very good copy in all respects. Published by Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster) in 2002, The Honourable Schoolboy is the second novel in John le Carré's celebrated Karla Trilogy, following Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974) and preceding Smiley's People (1979). Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, both awarded in 1977. Set in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic Soviet penetration of the Circus, the British Secret Service, the novel follows George Smiley's methodical effort to rebuild the service and exact revenge on his Soviet counterpart Karla. His instrument is Jerry Westerby, a journalist and part-time operative codenamed the Honourable Schoolboy. Ships within Canada. International orders welcome through AbeBooks.