Author: Graham Greene
Title: The Heart of the Matter
Description: London, William Heinemann, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first impression of Graham Greene's novel detailing a moral crisis for Henry Scobie. The first edition of this novel by Graham Greene, recounting of a man's crisis of duty, morals and faith. The story was drawn upon the author's experiences as a British intelligence officer in Freetown, British Sierra Leone. An immensely popular publication, selling over three hundred thousand copies upon its release in the UK. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1948, and ranked fortieth on the Modern Library's list of the 100 English-language novels of the 20th century. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The spine is slightly creased vertically, as common. Inscribed both to the front pastedown and to the front free endpaper, dated 1948. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
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Title: The Heart of the Matter
Description: London, William Heinemann, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first impression of Graham Greene's novel detailing a moral crisis for Henry Scobie. The first edition of this novel by Graham Greene, recounting of a man's crisis of duty, morals and faith. The story was drawn upon the author's experiences as a British intelligence officer in Freetown, British Sierra Leone. An immensely popular publication, selling over three hundred thousand copies upon its release in the UK. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1948, and ranked fortieth on the Modern Library's list of the 100 English-language novels of the 20th century. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The spine is slightly creased vertically, as common. Inscribed both to the front pastedown and to the front free endpaper, dated 1948. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: graham greene first editions novels first editions None
Price: GBP 47.00 = appr. US$ 67.12 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 789A51
- Book number: 789A51
See more books from our catalog: Modern Fiction