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265 - le Carré (John) A Murder of Quality, first edition, second impression, signed presentation inscription from the author "Ruth with best wishes from David Cornwell (John Le Carré) 5.ii.64" on front free endpaper, very faint off setting to a few ff. in text, original boards, slightly bowed, spine head lightly bumped, light spotting and toning to edges, dust-jacket, spine and lower panel fractionally toned, slight cockling to upper panel, extremities very lightly rubbed and nicked, still overall a very good, bright copy, 8vo, 1962.
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le Carré (John) A Murder of Quality, first edition, second impression, signed presentation inscription from the author "Ruth with best wishes from David Cornwell (John Le Carré) 5.ii.64" on front free endpaper, very faint off setting to a few ff. in text, original boards, slightly bowed, spine head lightly bumped, light spotting and toning to edges, dust-jacket, spine and lower panel fractionally toned, slight cockling to upper panel, extremities very lightly rubbed and nicked, still overall a very good, bright copy, 8vo, 1962. *** Published in the same year as the first impression. Scarce signed, particularly as David Cornwell.
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