THE TAILOR OF PANAMA
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 1996. American "First Edition" Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, gray quarter cloth (with gold lettering on spine & author's name on front cover) over Navy blue boards; frontispiece map of Panama; archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; price $25.00) with lightened photo of a tailor's sheares + B&W photo of seasoned JLC on rear panel; pictorial color endpapers depicting construction on the Panama Canal; 331, [332] pages + [2] Acknowledgements + [2] A Note on the Type [blanks ignored]. As New / As New. Item #7522
ISBN: 9780679454465
AS NEW CONDITION! Very tight, clean, bright copy in a sharp, immaculate dj. No marks by previous owner(s). Stated "First Edition" without number line.
The first American edition of John Le Carre's novel.
Harry Pendel, Brit Intel, is a spy disguised as a tailor in drug-infested, corrupt Panama just before its government took over the Canal in '99.
Price: $75.00