Le Carré Omnibus by John Le Carré

LE CARRÉ, John. The Le Carré Omnibus. London, Victor Gollancz, 1964.

First joint edition of Le Carré’s first two novels, Call for the Dead and A Murder of Quality, in the original bright dust jacket.

Following the success of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), two of Le Carré’s earlier novels were re-released together for the first time in The Le Carré Omnibus. Originally published in 1961, Call for the Dead is the author’s debut novel; it introduces his recurring character George Smiley and ‘the Circus’, a fictional version of British Intelligence based on MI6. A Murder of Quality, Le Carré’s second novel from 1962, continues Smiley’s story and is his only book set outside the espionage community.

Octavo, pp. 288; near fine; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, near fine yellow dust jacket printed in black and red (dust jacket slightly creased and stained, trace of sticker to spine).