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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Travels with my Aunt.
London: The Bodley Head, 1969. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.319 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge green. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Stephen Russ priced at 30s. Contents clean. A fine copy of the book in a very lightly worn jacket..... More
Travels with my Aunt.
London: The Bodley Head, 1969. [Modern Literature] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.319 [1]. Publisher's printed yellow wraps. Contents clean, covers very lightly handled with some gentle spine roll. Near fine. Greene's hilarious novel concerns Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, who meets his..... More
The Encounter.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1951. Octavo. Bound in publisher's red cloth, with titles in black to spine. Front cover of dust wrapper shows abstract pattern in black, red, and white, with titles in white, likewise spine, rear cover shows publisher's advertisements for other titles; unprice-clipped, originally priced at 12s 6d..... More
Men. A Dialogue Between Women. Translated from the French by Vyvyan Holland, with a Prefatory letter by Graham Greene. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
London: Cresset Press, 1955. INSCRIBED First Edition in English. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.95 [1]. INSCRIBED by the translator, Vyvyan Holland, to the author, publisher and critic Alec Waugh in blue ink to front free endpaper: 'For Alec / who knows / far more / about this / subject than..... More
The Life of Graham Greene: Volume One, 1904-1939 [together with] Volume Two, 1939-1955 [and] Volume Three, 1955-1991.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1989, 1994, 2004. [Literary Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS. Three volumes, large octavo (24 x 16 x 16cm). With three suites of black and white photographs within each volume. Publisher's cloth hardcovers in jacket. Inscribed by the late Norman Sherry to title pages in blue ink 'For Edward..... More
The Labours of Hercules [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 98 and 99, numbers 587 to 597.
London: George Newnes, November 1939 to September 1940. [Literary Magazine] First appearance. Eleven magazine issues in their original colour-illustrated paper covers, priced at 1s. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.[7-8] 104 [9-16]; pp.[1-2] [15-16] 105-208 [17-24]; pp.[8] 209-312 [9-16]; pp.[8] 313-416 [9-16]; pp.[12] 417-520 [13-20]; pp.[12] 521-624 [13-20]; pp.[12] 104 [13-20];..... More
The Spy's Bedside Book [2 copies]. An Anthology edited by Graham Greene and Hugh Greene.
London: Four Square, 1962, 1965. [Spy Anthology] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, and second reprint with new cover art, bibliographer's copies. Octavo, pp.192. Publisher's pictorial softcovers. Contents toned as expected, light wear to covers, sticker pull on reprint. very good. The first printing of the british softcover, together with an early reprint..... More
The Spy's Bedside Book. An Anthology edited by Graham Greene and Hugh Greene.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. [Spy Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 256 [2]. With occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's cream cloth (at least three colours were used), illustrated dust-wrapper. No inscriptions. Very good indeed, in similar price clipped jacket with sunned spine (as usual). An intriguing mix of factual..... More
The Spy's Bedside Book. An Anthology edited by Graham Greene and Hugh Greene.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. [Spy Anthology] PRESENTATION COPY, given by the author Hugh Greene to A.H. Warren., M.B.E. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 256 [2]. Second printing. With occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth, illustrated dust-wrapper. With accompanying T.L.S. and related news clipping. Previous owner's detail discreetly inked to flyleaf..... More
The Spy's Bedside Book. An Anthology edited by Graham Greene and Hugh Greene. With An Introduction by Stella Rimington.
London: Folio Society, 2006. [Spy Anthology] FIRST EDITION THUS, first printing. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.261; [1], blank; [1], order form; [1], blank. With illustrations by Nick Hardcastle. Publisher's decorated blue cloth, tan endpapers, in tan slipcase ('Jack' bulldog paperweight not included). Fine throughout. An intriguing mix of factual and..... More
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