The Little Drummer Girl.

JOHN le CARRE

Publication: Alfred A Knopf, 1983, New York

First edition. U.S. edition precedes the U.K. edition. Signed by the author on a front flyleaf. As new, unread copy in dust jacket. Laid-in to this copy is a Kroch's & Brentano's Inc., Chicago, First Edition Circle book mark.

Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young actress, is lured into "the theater of the real" by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an exceptionally dangerous and elusive Palestinian terrorist leader. An exceptional copy.