The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. LE CARRÉ, John.

First edition. The definitive Cold War thriller secured le Carré's reputation and, through its use of realism, brought "a new vitality and literary style to the spy novel. The Cold War is presented in a grey, menacing light, [and] espionage is depicted as a sordid occupation" (McCormick & Fletcher, p. 64). The instant bestseller earned le Carré half a million pounds and won the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award (1963), the Somerset Maugham Award (1964), and an Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America (1965). The film adaptation of 1965, starring Richard Burton and Claire Bloom, was equally successful and received four BAFTA Awards. Donald McCormick & Katy Fletcher, Spy Fiction: A Connoisseur's Guide, 1990. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Ownership inscription of one Jo Strickland to front free endpaper. Spine cocked and a little sunned; jacket unclipped, hint of sunning to spine, a few nicks, small tape repair to verso: a very good copy in like jacket.