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The End of the Affair and 9 others

Lot 376
29.09.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 376 | The End of the Affair and 9 others
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A group of ten volumes, comprising:

GREENE, Graham (1904-1991). The End of the Affair. London: Heinemann, 1951.
First edition in the dust-jacket and wrap-around band. Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to spine in gilt; original dust-jacket and the Daily Mail ‘Book of the Month’ wrap-around band (faintest rubbing, short repaired tear to foot of one fold).

– The Bear Fell Free. London: Grayson & Grayson, 1935.
First edition, number 209 of 285 copies signed by the author. Octavo. (Minor discoloration to endpapers, faint marginal spotting.) Original sage cloth, titles and decoration to upper and lower boards and spine in gilt; original dust-jacket (spine lightly tanned); housed in a black cloth and felt chemise.

– A Visit To Morin. London: Heinemann, 1959.
First edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author. Octavo. Original green cloth, gilt titles to spine gilt (lacking the dust-jacket); housed in custom quarter green morocco box. Provenance: authorial presentation inscription on front endpaper: ‘For ? With Christmas greetings from Graham’.

– One November Day in 1980 the other Graham Greene burst through his shadow. London: The Bodley Head, 1983.
First edition, one of 225 copies privately printed for the publisher. Octavo. Original plain white wrappers; original blue dust-jacket printed in black (fading to spine and minor markings). Provenance: Max Reinhardt (1915-2002, Greene’s publisher; presentation inscription on half-title: ‘With Love Joan & Max’).

– Three Plays. [The Living Room; The Potting Shed; The Complaisant Lover.] London: Mercury Books, 1961.
First ‘omnibus’ edition, presentation copy, inscribed twice by the author. Octavo. Original printed wrappers, titles to upper cover and spine printed in black and red, back cover reviews (light rubbing and tanning). Provenance: authorial presentation inscription on half-title in blue ink: ‘For ? With love from Graham’, with the name later struck through and replaced in black ink with ‘Carol’ and, below, the note ‘1st omnibus printing.’

– Getting to Know the General. The story of an involvement. [Toronto:] Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1984.
First Canadian edition. Octavo. Original green boards, titles to spine in gilt; original dust-jacket.

– Carving a Statue. A Play. London: The Bodley Head, 1964.
First edition. Octavo. Original green boards, title to spine in gilt; original dust-jacket (price on front flap struck through in pencil).

– May We Borrow Your Husband? And Other Comedies of the Sexual Life. London: The Bodley Head, 1967.
First edition. Octavo. (Small tear to bottom edge of half-title.) Original green cloth, titles to spine in gilt; original dust-jacket by Stephen Russ (spine lightly faded, a few faint spots or marks).

[GREENE, Graham (1904-1991)] and Dorothy CRAIGIE (1901-1971). The Little Train. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1945.
First edition. Oblong quarto. Title-page with lettering in black and pink and illustration of train, illustrations by Craigie throughout (some worming throughout). Original decorated yellow cloth, titles and train motif to boards in black, green and red (light spotting to endpapers); original dust-jacket crudely price-clipped, front flap with reviews (tanned and frayed dust-jacket, rubbed spine, small chips at ends of spine panel and corners).

ALLAIN, Marie-Francoise (b.1945). The Other Man. Conversations With Graham Greene. London: The Bodley Head, 1983.
First UK edition. Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt, top edge stained green; original dust-jacket (lightly tanned).
Place of origin:United Kingdom
Auction house category:Printed books
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