Sebastion tim (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 1st US edition, May 1990 with complete number line beginning with 1. Page edges lightly soiled, jacket lightly rubbed, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. ."Sebastian sustains what might have seemed an endangered genre, abetted by a last-minute postponement of publication date that allowed him to update the book in light of the political changes in Eastern Europe. The result is an extraordinarily timely and engaging story. James Tristram is an aging secret operative constructed on the George Smiley model--soft of body but sharp of mind. Sent by English spymaster Cornish to aid an uprising against the Polish government and its Russian sponsors, Tristram discovers the mission is a ploy. The real plot, concocted by Russian Stalinists with the aid of a long-time mole in the British secret service, aims to discredit the government of the Gorbachev-like general secretary of the Russian Communist Party. Appalled, Tristram sets out on a lonely effort to prevent the destruction of the Polish underground and the discrediting of the reformers." --PW. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 236 pages. Ex-Library. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout and is covered in a protective plastic.