graham greene intro (21 risultati)

Soft Cover. Condizione: vg-. Brian Cronin, cover (illustratore). xx 197 pages; text unmarked; lean to spine; 8.25" tall; light shelf wear to edges of color illustrated cover. Paperback.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Centennial Edition. VERY GOOD CONDITION, CLEAN, SOLD,BRIGHT; blue & green paper cover have extra wide "French" cover flaps to strengthen & protect cover/book. Cover shows tense but calm man in blue suit.walking.; 180ps+adverts pages; Viet Nam Setting. Blundering into bloodshed. Suspenseful, Mordantly funny, continuously inrtiguing, Brilliantly crafted."I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused," Graham Greene's narrator Fowler remarks of Alden Pyle, the eponymous "Quiet American" of what is perhaps the most controversial novel of his career.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good+. Mysore, INDIA:Indian Thought Publications, 1979. Very Good paperback;7" tall; light lower corner bump, lower backstrip rub, otherwise as new; unmarked; 178 pages.

Paperback. pp. xvi, 160. 8vo. Lightest shelfwear; very good+.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Amid the gang warfare of 1930s Brighton 17-year-old Pinkie is seeking a way to avoid punishment for the murder he has committed. Drawn into his circle is the innocent Rose, whose employer Ida is determined to uncover the killer's identity. As it explores the concept of morality, Greene's novel presents an underworld in which his protagonist is at odds with his Catholic upbringing.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Ageing British journalist Thomas Fowler and idealistic young CIA agent Alden Pyle meet in Vietnam during the First Indochina War. Fowler's 20-year-old lover catches Pyle's attention, and as their relationships develop and sour, choices are made with terrible implications for the ongoing war.

Paperback. Condizione: New. A vacuum-cleaner salesman in 1950s Havana accepts a job in espionage for MI6, but has no actual intel to send - so he makes it up, delivering ridiculous but credible reports whose political implications reach across the world and endanger several lives.

Hardback, reprint edition in very good condition, in fine unclipped dustjacket, slight loosening. (Book ref 4804).

Paperback. Condizione: New. Set in the Second World War, Graham Greene's semi-autobiographical novel follows the tumultuous and doomed love affair between writer Maurice Bendrix and civil servant's wife Sarah Miles to a tragic result rooted in Bendrix's ill-disguised jealousy and Miles' faith.

Octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Yellow cloth, lettered in black. Cover cloth shows a few faints spots (foxing) and light tanning along top rear edge. Firm binding, clean interior. Illus. dust jacket is lightly rubbed along top edge, with 1" closed tear showing minor surface loss along top front edge, rear panel with minor surface rubbing and small spot of surface loss, now in mylar. 178 pp. Book.

Hardcover. Very Good. An extremely interesting collection of recipes with aphrodisiac properties: Eel Soup, Sparrows' Brains, Pie of Bulls' Testicles, Oysters in Champagne, and a host of other exciting dishes. Charming illustrations throughout by Bruce Roberts. Compiled by Norman Douglas and G Orioli under the pseudonym Pilaff Bey. Wonderful Introduction by Graham Greene. Index. Red top stain. Blue cloth with red decoration and titling on front, grey cloth backstrip, and red titling on spine. Covers show light wear and soiling, light bumps/rubbing to corners and top & tail of spine, light edge wear. Soiling/toning to spine. Mild soiling to text block. Interior is clean, crisp, tight & bright, unmarked. xiii, 192 pp. Approx. 6" x 8.75". A very nice copy and an excellent addition to your library. Carefully shipped in secure parcel. Ask all questions; glad to respond.

Condizione: Very Good Minus. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition Thus. Dust jacket: Browning to rear cover. Slight rubbing to edges. Unclipped. Light bookseller's stamp to front flap. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Red cloth binding. Foxing to top page edge and endpapers. Patches of foxing to text. Overall book condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £12.00; USA £15.00; Oceania £16.00; Rest of World £16.00. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xi, 179.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good -. Green hard boards. Pp xxiv, 287. A square, tight and sound copy; spine faded. The contents are clear and sound; Worth Priory prize plate on endpaper; laid-in is original invoice from John Thornton, Chelsea. Images/further information available upon request.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Bound in yellow cloth; red topstain. Head and heel of spine and bottom edge of cloth rubbed; top stain faded to pink; some foxing/dust to top (cloth and paper); boards a little bowed; paper browning slightly. Dust-jacket with small tears to edges, very minor paper loss and some wear to corners and heel of spine, and a chip to head of spine.

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. New York: Hastings House, 1944. First Edition. Octavo; 324pp. Illustrations throughout, 48 in color. Printed red, white, and blue dust jacket with $5.00 price intact; book in yellow cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket chipped at head of spine, with a few closed tears along edges and some general smudging. Boards are square with light edgewear and nudging to spine ends. Previous owner's name dated 1945 on front free endpaper, else pages unmarked. Binding is sound. Anthology of British poets, dramatists, diarists, philosophers, and historians.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo. vii, Contents, 1-100pp. Introduction by Graham Greene. First edition. Near fine book in very good or better dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt-stamped lettering and graphics on spine. Upper external edges are red-tinted to match. Minimal creasing and faint sunning at head and tail of board spine, else fine. Internally clean and with snug text block. Dust jacket and all folds are mildly sunned. Front and back panels have shelf-wear soil and scuffs. Front jacket panel has a squiggle to the right of "Six". A faint red horizontal line on front and back panels may be from bleeding from the board panels. Dust jacket is complete, no chips or tears. Price of 9s.6d. is intact. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Not Stated (illustratore). First edition. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of David Low's humorous memoir. A signed presentation copy of the first edition, first impression of this work.Inscribed to the half title 'but may they give some fun, let alone nostalgie, to Eddie Cass this Christmas, sincerely David Low 12.12.82'.With the blind stamp of Edward Fletcher Cass, a British miner, banker and authority on Lancashire folklore, industrial archaeology and the arts, to the half title.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Collated, complete.Introduction from Graham Greene. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Blind stamp to front free endpaper, inscription to half title. Dust wrapper back strip a touch age toned towards tail, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover, spine sunned. Warmly inscribed by Hugh Greene to author Irwin Ross. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near Fine; minor bumping/rubbing to extremities; else Fine. In a Very Good dust jacket; spine faded; small tear to middle of the spine; in an archival clear plastic sleeve. Limited First Edition; number 369 of 500 copies, signed on the limitation page by Dorothy Glover, Graham Greene, and John Carter. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. None (illustratore). First edition. A fine example of the signed limited edition bibliography of Greene and Glover's fantastic collection of works of Victorian detective fiction. The first edition, first impression of this limited edition work.Number 69 of 500 copies produced, flat signed by collectors and co-authors Graham Greene and Dorothy Glover, and also by the author of the introduction, John Carter.In two copies of the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A bibliography of the collection of works of Victorian detective fiction owned by Graham Greene and Dorothy Glover: 'Greene and Glover began the collection after the war when there were fewer competitors for many of the included items'.The collection features 472 entries, catalogued by Eric Osborne, a book specialist at Sotheby's auction house. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with two copies of the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. One copy of dust wrapper in fine condition, with the other copy near fine, with back strip lightly age toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Signed to final leaf. Fine. signed by author. book.