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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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Ways of Escape [two variant bindings].
London: The Bodley Head, 1980. [Memoirs] First Edition. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.309; [3], blank. Two volumes. Bound green cloth with foil-stamped titles, top edge tinted green, dust-wrapper designed by Michael Harvey, priced at £6.95. One volume in publisher's dark green cloth blocked in gilt, the other in a lighter..... More
Ways of Escape.
London: The Bodley Head, 1980. [Memoirs] First Edition. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.309 [3]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles, top edge tinted green. With the dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at £6.95. Light wear to extremities, and sunning to spine, otherwise a crisp, clean copy. Very good. Graham..... More
The Bear Fell Free.
London: Grayson and Grayson, 1935. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Slim octavo (22 x 15cm). One of the titles in "The Grayson Books" series, a collection of signed limited editions by notable authors. Publisher's gilt decorated green-brown cloth, illustrated endpapers, cream and blue dust-wrapper. Boards a little bowed, jacket with..... 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
Brighton Rock.
London: William Heinemann, 1938. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, production-used copy of Linnit and Dunfee. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[4]; 361; [1]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Linnit and Dunfee ownership stamp to flyleaf. Previous owner's name in black ink to flyleaf and dated 1940, toning to end-papers..... More
Brighton Rock.
London: William Heinemann, 1938. [Gangster thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.361; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Contents toned, but less so than often encountered. Cloth is particularly bright and fresh, mild toning and rolling to spine. Minor edgewear. Very good. The chilling tale..... More
A Burnt-Out Case.
London: William Heineman, 1961. [Modern Literature] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 256. Publisher's black cloth with titles in silver to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by Lacey Everett, priced at 16s. Very mild toning and spotting to edges and endpapers, otherwise a lovely crisp..... More
The Collected Edition of the Works of Graham Greene: Brighton Rock, It's A Battlefield, England Made Me, Our Man In Havana, The Power & The Glory, The Heart of The Matter, The Confidential Agent, A Gun for Sale, The Ministry of Fear, The Quiet American, Stamboul Train, The End of The Affair, A Burnt-Out Case, The Man Within, The Third Man & Loser Takes All, The Comedians, Collected Stories, Journey Without Maps, The Lawless Roads, Travels With My Aunt, The Honorary Consul and The Human Factor.
London: Heinemann and The Bodley Head, 1969-1982. [Modern Literature] THE COLLECTED EDITION. First editions thus, complete as published in 22 volumes and additionally with the volume of essays published in 1969. All volumes are first printings of the collected edition and include a new introduction by the author. Publishers' bright..... More
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.313 [7]. Publisher's green cloth titled in gilt to spine, top edge tinted, with the dust-jacket illustrated by Ivan Lapper, priced at 25s. Colour entirely lost from the top edge, with some light rubbing to cloth. Jacket..... More
The Comedians.
London: The Bodley Head, 1966. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.313 [7]. Publisher's green cloth titled in gilt to spine, top edge tinted purple, with the dust-jacket illustrated by Ivan Lapper, priced at 25s. Some gentle toning; near fine. Basis for the 1967 Golden Globe nominated movie..... 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.
London: The Bodley Head, 1980. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.140; [4], blank. Publisher's green cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper designed by Michael Harvey. Text is first issue with 'leave alone' for 'let alone', p.9. A fine copy in price-clipped jacket. A strange and sinister..... More
Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party.
London: The Bodley Head, 1980. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.140; [4], blank. Publisher's green cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper designed by Michael Harvey, priced at £4.50. Text is first issue with 'leave alone' for 'let alone', p.9. Spine a little sunned, lightly marked; very..... 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 Great Jowett.
London: Bodley Head, 1981. [Drama] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Slim octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.44; [2], blank. Publisher's reddish orange cloth blocked in black and gilt, grey endpapers, clear plastic jacket. Number 244 of 525 copies signed by the author. Bookseller ticket to pastedown. Slightly sunned to the spine, plastic jacket..... More
A Gun for Sale.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936. [Thriller] First Edition. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[viii]; 261; [3], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, red endpapers. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some sunning to spine and top edge, minor lean. A very good copy of one of the author's rarest..... More
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head, 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.335 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted, in the dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at £2.00 net. A touch of toning and marking to edges, and some light wear to cloth..... More
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head, 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.335 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at £2.00. A lovely crisp, fine copy. 'The Honorary Consul' returns to that third world the..... More
The Human Factor.
London: The Bodley Head, 1978. [Espionage novel] First Edition, second state of title page with publisher's monogram in place of the Shakespeare head motif. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.339 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted, and the dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at..... More
In Search of a Character. Two African Journals.
London: The Bodley Head, 1961. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.123 [1]. Publisher's red quarter cloth, with green paper-covered boards and gilt titles to spine. Top edge tinted green, and green decorated endpapers. With the light green typographic dust-jacket, priced at 10/6 to front flap. Previous owner's signature..... 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
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