
LE CARRE, John The Night Manager. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993.
8vo., original navy-blue boards, gilt to spine; in the unclipped jacket (£15.99 net), with black and white photograph of the author to the rear flap; maroon endpapers; pp. [vi], 7-443, [v]; light compression to tips and corners; else a near-fine copy, the jacket only very marginally sunned and creased, with one larger vertical crease to the inside front flap, but else also near-fine.
First edition, boldly signed by the author to the title page. An ex-soldier helps British Intelligence penetrate the secret world of ruthless arms deals in this, Le Carre's first post-Cold War novel.
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