Graham Greene (Henry Graham Greene) | First Editions
1904 - 1991
Henry Graham Greene OM CH (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991), better known by his pen name Graham Greene, was an English novelist and author, and is regarded as one of the most popular writers of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or, as Greene referred to them, "entertainments"). His writing career spanned 67 years, in which he wrote 25 novels.
In 1967, Greene was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for Literature. He has also collected several literary awards for his novels, including: the Hawthornden Prize for The Power and the Glory (1941), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Heart of the Matter (1948), the Shakespeare Prize (1968), and the Jerusalem Prize - a biennial literary award given to writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society (1981). In 1986, Greene was awarded Britain's Order of Merit. His legacy lives on through the Graham Greene International Festival - an annual four-day event of conference papers, informal talks, question and answer sessions, films, dramatised readings, music, creative writing workshops and social events.
See below our stock of Graham Greene First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
A Burnt-Out Case.
London: Heinemann, 1961. [Modern Literature] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the first edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's blue paper wraps, lettered in black to spine and upper. Contents clean, covers with some toning to foot of upper, small splash to rear; very good. Greene's acclaimed novel set in the..... More
The Bear Fell Free.
London: Grayson and Grayson, 1935. [Modern Literature] PROOF COPY. Slim octavo (22 x 15cm), unpaginated. Bound in plain brown paper wraps, titled in ink to upper. Minor wear to spine, light handling; near fine. Published in an edition limited to 250 copies, yet only a handful of softcover proofs would..... More
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head. 1966. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Octavo, pp. 313. Soft cover in pale yellow card cover. Some slight creasing and lean to the spine, a couple of small marks to the covers, otherwise a fine copy. More
The Complaisant Lover. A Play.
London: Heinemann. 1959. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.77. Publisher's blue cloth in pale green printed dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. A fine, unread copy in similar jacket with some accidental rubbing to the edges of the front panel. A bright example of this Graham Greene comedy, the third..... More
The Complaisant Lover. A Play.
London: Heinemann. 1959. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.77. Publisher's blue cloth in pale green printed dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. In a very good, lightly toned and spotted jacket. Near Fine. A bright example of this Graham Greene comedy, the third of eight plays from this most gifted..... More
Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party.
New York, NY: Simon And Schuster, 1980. [Mystery] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.135; [1], blank. Publisher's printed yellow wraps with probable publication date 'May 1980' stamped to upper. Minor wear, edges toned; very good. A strange and sinister tale concerning Dr. Fischer, the notorious toothpaste millionaire, who has..... More
The End of the Affair.
London: William Heinemann, 1951. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 237 [1]. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the white and grey dust-jacket priced at 10/6. Endpapers browned; some sunning to head and tail of spine. Jacket browned to spine, with losses to head..... More
The Heart of the Matter.
London: William Heinemann, 1948. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.297. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine, buff endpapers, red top stain, dust-jacket priced at 9s.6d. Some overall wear and soiling, jacket with a few chips/rubs, red spine colour remains strong. A used, yet very good..... More
Introductions to Three Novels
Stockholm 1962, FIRST EDITION. Slim 8vo. Pp49. Publisher's self-wraps, with titles printed in colour to spine and upper. Edges uncut. Slight toning to extremities else a fine copy. A curious item released by the Scandinavian publisher as 'Norstedts Christmas Gift Book for 1962', with a foreword and colophon in Swedish..... More
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L'Agent Secret [The Confidential Agent].
Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1948. THE FIRST FRENCH EDITION of 'The Confidential Agent', LIMITED TO 110 COPIES. This is number 80. Octavo, pp.269. Bound in publisher's yellow card wraps with blue and white lettering to covers. Pages remain uncut. A lovely copy, very clean and bright throughout. One crease in..... More
The Labyrinthine Ways
Viking, New York 1940, FIRST EDITION. Octavo. Publisher's bright yellow cloth titled in blue. Browning to endpapers, faint cup ring to upper. Very good overall. Published in the UK as 'The Power and the Glory.'. More
The Living Room. A Play in Two Acts.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1953. FIRST EDITION: Octavo. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, neat ownership to flyleaf. Original pictorial dust jacket; lightly worn,with a few small chips. Now rather elusive. Graham Greene's first play, a melodrama. WOBBE, R.A, "Graham Greene - A Bibliography and Guide to Research"..... More
Loser Takes All.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1955. [Modern fiction]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp [viii]; 140. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper drawn by 'Stevens'. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. A clean bright copy with a few minor chips to the jacket. Complete with the scarce Heinemann advertising leaflet/postcard loosely inserted..... More
The Lost Childhood. And other Essays.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1951. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's beige cloth, titles to spine, top edge tinted red, original dustwrapper. Neat ink name to flyleaf, jacket a little edgeworn edgworn with some fraying and wear to spine tips. A very good copy of Greene's collection of literary essays about authors such..... More
May We Borrow Your Husband? And Other Comedies of the Sexual Life.
London: The Bodley Head, 1967. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY in publisher's printed yellow wraps. Clipped at first flyleaf. Externally fine, with minimal creasing to spine. Remarkably clean throughout. Twelve entertaining short stories from Greene, which were received with acclaim. More
The Name of Action.
New York, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1931. [Modern Literature] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 312. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and tiger device in blind to upper. Top edge orange; others untrimmed. Orange endpapers. With a facsimile dust-jacket. Lightly browned and tobacco scented..... More
Our Man in Havana.
London: William Heinemann, 1958. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. Bookplate to flyleaf, first few pages folded over to the bottom corners, gilt to spine dulled. Dust-jacket shows well with some..... More
The Power and the Glory.
London: William Heinemann, 1940. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.280 [2], blank. Original blue-green cloth, lettered in gilt to backstrip. This is the publisher's binding for the Times Book Club, with their neat stamp to rear pastedown. The commercial binding was the more familiar yellow cloth Minor..... More
A Sense of Reality.
London: The Bodley Head, 1963. [Short stories]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.140. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket. Minor handling; a very good copy. Greene's only fantasy collection; a selection of unusual tales, two of the stories which take their 'reality' from the dream state; 'Under the..... More
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Stamboul Train [Orient Express].
London: Heinemann, 1932. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm) pp.307. Black cloth hardcover blocked in gilt to spine. Usual corrected state of text. No inscriptions, very light spotting to edges, minor handling; crease up centre of spine, a clean, near fine copy. Greene's classic early 'entertainment' novel, a...... More
The Tenth Man.
London: The Bodley Head and Anthony Blond, 1985. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo. pp158. Publisher's yellow paper covers with titles in black to front cover and spine. Nominal rubbing to corners, internally pristine; in sum, a very attractive copy. An utterly gripping story of a wealthy French lawyer being held prisoner by..... More
The Tenth Man.
New York, NY: Simon And Schuster, 1985. [Thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.155; [1], blank. Publisher's printed yellow wraps with price and publication date written on upper. Very good, with dampmark throughout. An utterly gripping story of a wealthy French lawyer being held prisoner by the Germans during..... More
The Tenth Man. Contained within a supplement to 'You' (The Mail on Sunday magazine).
London: 1985. FIRST APPEARANCE. Thriller. A 2-part periodical. Publisher's fragile pictorial softcovers, magazine format. Complete in two issues. Near fine. An utterly gripping story of a wealthy French lawyer being held prisoner by the Germans during World War II. Precedes the Bodley Head book-form edition, which was published in March..... More
The Third Man and The Fallen Idol.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. [Spy novel and short story] FIRST EDITION. Small Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.188. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. Contents clean, discreet ink name and date to flyleaf, binding crisp and fresh. A fine copy without wrapper. Two classic titles from Greene published..... More
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The Third Man [and The Fallen Idol].
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. [Spy novel and short story] FIRST EDITION. Small Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.188. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, pictorial dust jacket in monochrome, red and white titles. Contents clean, jacket with general wear, rubbed to joints, a few chips, larger loss to..... More