NMLP P-015531 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Smiley's People

John le Carré · Hodder & Stoughton (London) · 1980

The UK Hodder & Stoughton edition of 1980 is the true first, preceding the US Alfred A. Knopf first edition of 1980 (which states First Trade Edition and carries a 1/80 dating and printed price on the jacket). The UK first is the collected copy; signed copies are sought.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-015531 for "Smiley's People" by John le Carré (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-015531, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).