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London: Victor Gollancz. 1963. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the original dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth fresh with very thin strips of fading at the spine tips. The contents, toned (or greyed) to the cheap quality paper stock are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of short closed tears, spotting to the white front and rear panels and some fading to the spine. Not price-clipped (18/- on the front flap). The author's breakthrough novel. Winner of both the Gold Dagger award (from the Crime Writers' Association) and the Edgar Award (from the Mystery Writers of America) for best novel, the first work ever to win both titles. (On the 50th anniversary of the Dagger Awards in 2005, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold was awarded the "Dagger of…

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a British intelligence officer, tasked with one last assignment to prove a Western intelligence asset in East Germany.

First editions with 'Victor Gollancz Ltd, London' on the title page.