Souvenir typescript, signed at the bottom in blue ballpoint, “John le Carré,” one page, 8.5 x11. Two paragraphs from the opening of Chapter One of The Russia House. In part: “In a broad Moscow street not two hundred yards from the Leningrad station, on the upper floor of an ornate and hideous hotel built by Stalin in the style known to Muscovites as Empire During the Plague, the British Council’s first ever audio fair for the teaching of the English language and the spread of British culture was grinding to its excruciating end.” Le Carré has also corrected the misspelling of the author’s name, drawing a slash through “LeCarre,” writing “le Carré” and parenthetically adding “forgive.” In fine condition. RRAuction COA.
