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.
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Introductions to Three Novels.
Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Soners Forlag, 1962. [Literary Essays] FIRST EDITION. Duodecimo (20 x 12cm), pp.48 [4]. Publisher's soft covers, with titles printed in colour to spine and upper. Edges untrimmed. A near fine copy showing a little light wear and toning to covers. A curious item released by the..... More
It's a Battlefield.
London: William Heinemann, 1934. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 275 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Toned throughout; more heavily to edge and endpapers. Hinges starting. Heavy rubbing and some bumping to cloth, especially spine. Good. An early thriller from Greene, which portrays the..... More
The Lawless Roads. A Mexican Journey.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1939. [Travel] FIRST EDITION, second state cloth. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.306; [2]. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine (first state has gilt titles), map endpapers. With ten black and white photographic illustrations to eight plates. Small repaired tear to edge of page..... 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'. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket with a little wear, chipped at crown and top corner of rear panel. Shows well. An entertaining romance, basis for two..... More
The Lost Childhood. And other Essays.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. [Literary Essays] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 191 [3]. Recent burgundy half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge burgundy. Slightly toned throughout. Very good. 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
Monsignor Quixote.
London: The Bodley Head, 1982. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.221 [3]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge green. With the purple dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at £5.95. A lovely crisp, fine copy. Greene's pastiche of the classic Spanish novel 'Don..... More
No Man's Land.
London: Hesperus Press, 2005. [Spy fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xxvi; 118. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine, yellow endpapers, dust-jacket priced at £9.99 to front flap. A fine copy with a hint of sunning to spine. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy, with his pencilled notes and..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: William Heinemann, 1958. [Spy satire] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. Toning to textblock edges, some wear to hardcover spine, jacket price clipped and toned, jacket torn on spine. Internally clean..... More
Our Man in Havana.
London: William Heinemann, 1958. [Comic Spy Thriller] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 273 [3]. Attractively bound in half dark blue oasis morocco, with raised bands, twin gilt-lettered labels to spine, matching cloth over boards, with the original spine bound in at rear. Contents lightly toned, exterior..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: William Heinemann, [1958] 1960. [Satirical spy novel] FIRST EDITION, third printing. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. Crease to title page else contents clean and fresh, in a crisp, fine dust-jacket. Greene's classic..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: Heinemann, 1958. [Satirical spy novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green with printed price of 15s to front flap. Some toning to edges of textblock, jacket gently worn with..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: Heinemann, 1958. [Satirical spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. A few light marks to page edges, price clipped jacket is particularly bright with no toning to the spine whatsoever..... More
The Quiet American.
London: William Heinemann, 1955. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 247 [1]. Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With dust-jacket illustrated by BGS, priced at 13/6. Contents clean with a very few spots to fore-edge, blue ink ownership hidden beneath flap, jacket..... 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
A Sense of Reality.
London: The Bodley Head, 1963. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.140 [4]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the yellow and green illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 15s. Jacket spine very slightly toned, with very light rubbing and chipping to edges. Near fine. Greene's only..... More
A Sense of Reality. Short Stories.
The Bodley Head, London, 1963. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.140. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket. A clean, bright, near fine 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 Garden' and 'Dream of a...... More
A Sort of Life.
London: The Bodley Head, 1971. [Literary Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 216 [6]. Usual corrected state of text with 'JM Barrie' for 'Sir John' on line 4, page 177. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the purple typographic dust-jacket, priced at £1.80. A lovely..... 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.
London: The Bodley Head and Anthony Blond, 1985. [Wartime thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.158; [2], blank. Publisher's green cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper designed by Michael Harvey priced at £6.95. A clean, fine copy. An utterly gripping story of a wealthy French lawyer being..... 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, 1950. [Spy novel and short story] FIRST EDITION. Small Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 188 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the black and white photographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s. A lovely crisp, clean example, with just a hint of toning to jacket..... More
Three Plays. The Living Room, The Potting Shed, and The Complaisant Lover.
London: Mercury Books / Heinemann, 1961. [Drama] FIRST OMNIBUS EDITION, GREENE FAMILY COPY, INSCRIBED by the author to his wife. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.237; [2], blank. Publisher's softcovers. With presentation note to flyleaf; For Vivien / with love from / Graham [underlined]. Light handling and soiling, spine toned; near..... More
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