The Secret Pilgrim
By John le Carré
 
First Edition, First Impression. Signed by the author to the title page.
 
Octavo. Original dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket priced £14.95.
 
A bright, fine copy: boards and contents both clean and sharp. Just some slight waviness to text-block. Jacket is similarly in fine condition: unfaded, bright and without chips or tears.
 
A superior signed example of one of Le Carré’s most reflective late–Cold War novels, featuring the penultimate appearance of George Smiley, who would appear for the last time in 'A Legacy of Spies' in 2017.
 
Published during a period of profound geopolitical transition, The Secret Pilgrim addresses the cultural and moral legacy of the intelligence community at the end of the Cold War and is widely regarded as one of Le Carré’s most elegiac works.