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The Little Drummer Girl
by John le Carré
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394530152
- ISBN 13
- 9780394530154
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1983. NF/NF. Stated First Edition (American). First printing with no other printings listed. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean maroon cloth boards, silver titles on the spine with the author's name stamped in silver on the front board. Light bottom side-edge soiling. The textblock has light toning to front pastedown and front endpaper else clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($15.95) with faint shelf wear. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 430 pages. 6½ x 9½" tall.
Charlie is an unsuccessful English actress in her twenties. Intrigued by a handsome, solitary stranger, she finds herself lured into the "theatre of the real." For the mysterious man is Kurtz, an Israeli intelligence officer out to stop the bombing of Jews in Europe. Forced to play her most challenging role, Charlie is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist, and soon proves herself a double agent of the highest order.
Charlie is an unsuccessful English actress in her twenties. Intrigued by a handsome, solitary stranger, she finds herself lured into the "theatre of the real." For the mysterious man is Kurtz, an Israeli intelligence officer out to stop the bombing of Jews in Europe. Forced to play her most challenging role, Charlie is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist, and soon proves herself a double agent of the highest order.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3937
- Title
- The Little Drummer Girl
- Author
- John le Carré
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394530152
- ISBN 13
- 9780394530154
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 430
- Size
- 6.5 x 9.5
- Keywords
- Israel, Palestinians, espionage, spying
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
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