Graham Greene

A group of ten volumes, comprising:

GREENE, Graham (1904-1991). Our Man in Havana. An Entertainment. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1958.
First edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author. Wobbe A38a. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt (spine slightly cocked and sunned); original dust-jacket (backstrip sunned, somewhat tanned and lower panel slightly stained, head of spine panel frayed, tear to upper panel repaired on verso with tape). Provenance: J. M. Rubens (authorial presentation inscription to front free endpaper: ‘For J.M. Rubens this poor return for so much help & kindness from Graham Greene’).

– Ways of Escape. London: The Bodley Head, 1980.
First edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; original dust-jacket; housed in modern red quarter morocco box. Provenance: authorial presentation inscription on title: ‘For Bryan who must long to escape from a certain play from Graham’.

– The Return of A.J. Raffles. An Edwardian Comedy in Three Acts based somewhat loosely on E. W. Hornung’s characters in The Amateur Cracksman. London: The Bodley Head, 1975.
First edition, limited edition, this being number 14 of 80 copies reserved for the author, from a total edition of 250. Octavo. Original orange boards, spine lettered in gilt; original dust-jacket (a few tears and minor marks). Provenance: Marcelle Sibon (Greene’s chief French translator; authorial presentation inscription to issue leaf).

GREENE, Graham (1904-1991), preface. Victorian Detective Fiction. A catalogue of the collection made by Dorothy Glover and Graham Greene bibliographically arranged by Eric Osborne. Introduction by John Carter. London: The Bodley Head, 1966.
First edition. Large octavo (248 x 160mm). Title with vignette printed in green. Original green cloth, titles to spine in gilt, pictorial endpapers (top edge faintly sunned); original dust-jacket (spine sunned).

– Loser Takes All. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1955.
First edition. Octavo. Original dark blue cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt; original dust-jacket (a few tiny nicks, light edge wear, minor marks to lower panel).

– Collected Essays. London: The Bodley Head, 1969.
First edition. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained purple (fore-edge lightly spotted); original dust-jacket.

– Yes and No and For Whom the Bell Chimes. London: The Bodley Head, 1983.
First edition, limited edition, number 266 of 750 copies signed by the author. Octavo. Original olive-green cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt.

– Travels with my Aunt. London: The Bodley Head, 1969.
First edition. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper edge stained purple; original dust-jacket.

– In Search of a Character. Two African Journals. London: The Bodley Head, 1961.
First edition. Octavo. Original orange cloth-backed green boards, spine lettered in gilt, decorative endpapers; original dust-jacket (spine lightly sunned).

– J’Accuse. The Dark Side of Nice. London: The Bodley Head, 1982.
First edition. Octavo. Text in French and English, 5 black and white illustrations. Original plain white stapled card wrappers; original dust-jacket printed in red, black and grey.