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Our Man in Havana – Graham Greene – First 1958

Graham Greene’s masterpiece and a fine encouragement to all vacuum cleaner salesmen.

Published by Heinemann. London a first edition 1958. Octavo, 273 pages. Foxing to page edges, jacket very good, the odd minor chip.

A super spy story and a put down of the big wigs back at the Circus. Blatantly (self confessed) copied by Le Carre in his Tailor of Panama. We prefer this and you must see the old film starring Alex Guinness.

Graham Greene First – Humour and Spying in Havana

$60.00

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May We Borrow Your Husband? and Other Comedies of the Sexual Life – Graham Greene – First Edition – 1967

Published by the Bodley Head in 1967, a first edition.

Octavo, 188 pages, with super dust jacket designed by Stephen Russ. Very good if not better condition with a fine complete dust jacket

Greene twelve short stories – “Comedies of the Sexual Life” many of which rank among his best.

The subtitle we are told not to be interpreted too narrowly … and we agree. Many different characters and settings, from the South of France to the Caribbean. The title piece is really super and packs in so much in just 40 pages. We also like the reality of “The Over-night Bag” and the Invisible Japanese Gentlemen

Greene wit at its best .. makes a great and thoughtful gift.

$60.00

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Travels with My Aunt – Graham Greene – First Edition 1969

Published by the Bodley Head, London a first edition in 1969.

Octavo, 319 pages, decorative jacket designed by Stephen Russ. Very good condition albeit with a some tiny dust jacket chips around the spine top. Protected in Brodart as are all our dust jackets..

Surely Graham Greene’s funniest book – as with many of his, the basis of a movie success. Parts of this appeared in Playboy!?

Aunt Agatha travels with her young lover Wordsworth; Curran from the CIA gets involved; Visconti wanted by Interpol … caught up in all of this is Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager .. well its time they had a bit of fun.

First Edition – Hilarious – Perfect

$50.00

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Brighton Rock – Graham Greene – Scarce Australian First – 1944

First Australian edition published by Invincible Press printed by “Truth”. Published in 1944. Really scarce. Octavo, stapled 175 pages. Card covers in pink with black ink title and notes, repaired closed tear. Showing some age, covers but not text giving a bit at the staples. Still a pretty good copy given its obvious fragility. Cover design identical to the UK first.

The Publisher summary on the front cover is taken from the Heinemann first UK edition of 1938 … “A story of murder and love, of guilt and faith, of the perpetual conflict between evil and good, Brighton Rock is one of the most powerful and exciting novels the publishers have handled” … and it certainly is …

Many regard this as Greene’s greatest work. Being short in form he still regarded it as an “Entertainment” rather than a fully formed and sized novel.

Dickie Attenborough starred in the first film adaptation … now recognised as a classic … Dickie was brilliant in the role of the central character

Graham Greene Scarce Collectable – check it out.

$80.00

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The Honorary Consul – Graham Greene – First Australian edition 1973.

Published by The Bodley Head in Australia, Sydney in 1973. A first Australian edition.

Octavo, 335 pages one of Greene’s more substantial novels. A couple of scuffs to dust jacket now protected like all our books in removable Brodart, name on end paper, really a very good copy.

Provincial Argentina, revolution in Paraguay and more than the usual array of unusual characters that inhabit a Greene novel.

Exciting Greene in South America

$40.00

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The Tenth Man – Graham Greene – First Edition 1985

Graham Greene wrote a script in 1944 – it surfaced in 1983 – unused. Greene published it as a novel (or an entertainment) for the first time in 1985 – this edition published by The Bodley Head, London.

Tall octavo, 158 pages, a little sign of age, still a very good copy.

A rather provoking story and seamlessly laid out. If you are inclined to blame, then this might be the one for you

The Tenth Man – Could he be your reflection?

$30.00

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Our Man in Havana – Graham Greene – First 1958

May We Borrow Your Husband? and Other Comedies of the Sexual Life – Graham Greene – First Edition – 1967

Travels with My Aunt – Graham Greene – First Edition 1969

Brighton Rock – Graham Greene – Scarce Australian First – 1944

The Honorary Consul – Graham Greene – First Australian edition 1973.

The Tenth Man – Graham Greene – First Edition 1985

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