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London, Victor Gollancz, 1965. . First edition, first impression; 8vo; initials to front free endpaper, else unmarked internally; publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, slight discolouration to cloth at foot of spine, with the unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, minor toning to rear panel and flap edges, light rubbing to extremities, else very good. 'Superbly constructed with an atmosphere of chilly hell' (J.B. Priestley). Le Carré's Cold War spy thriller sees British agent Alan Leamas sent to East Germany to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer. The novel was quickly turned into a film, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Richard Burton as Leamas.

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.