le Carré, John.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Hodder & Stoughton, 1974, first edition, presentation copy to Alec Guinness signed on the front endpapers by various cast members of the 1979 BBC television adaptation, second impression, author's inscribed presentation copy ("For Alec Guinness | who will make | George Smiley live as | no-one else ever could - | David |John le Carré | 21 Sep '78"), special presentation binding of red morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, decorated endpapers, all edges gilt; The Russia House. Hodder & Stoughton, 1989, first edition, signed by the author, dust-jacket; The Secret Pilgrim. Hodder & Stoughton, 1991, first edition, advance presentation copy inscribed by the author to Alec and Merula Guinness ("From David -- | to you both -- | & with love | -- John le Carré | 1st Dec '90), dust-jacket; The Night Manager. Hodder & Stoughton, 1993, first edition, dust-jacket; Our Game. Hodder & Stoughton, 1995, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Alec and Merula Guinness ("...with love, | as always, David | 18 iv '95"), dust-jacket; The Tailor of Panama. Hodder & Stoughton, 1996, similarly inscribed, dust-jacket; 8vo, original cloth bindings

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A fine association.  Alec Guinness's portrayal of the spymaster George Smiley -- indisputably John le Carré's greatest fictional creation -- in the television adaptations of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) and Smiley's People (1981) won him universal acclaim, and was the great success of the actor's late career. David Cornwell ("John le Carré") was extremely effusive in his praise of Guinness's portrayal, being impressed enough to allow it to influence his characterisation in the later novels in the series. The two became good friends. 

Fellow actors who have signed Guinness's copy of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy include Ian Richardson, Anthony Bate, Warren Clarke, Michael Joyston, Pauline Letts, Hywel Bennett, Marjorie Hogan, Mandy Cuthbert, Bernie Austin, John Hooper, Melville Freedman, Ian Bannen and many others.