Author: Graham Greene
Title: A Burnt-out Case
Description: London, Heinemann, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Graham Greene's 1961 novel, set in a Congolese leper colony. From the library of celebrated science-fiction author Brian Aldiss. The first edition, first impression of this Graham Greene novel, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A touching work set in a Leper colony on the upper reaches of a tributary on the Congo River in Africa, and inspired by Greene's own travels around a number of leper colonies in Africa in the 1950s.Commenting on his literary intentions in the work, Greene wrote that it was, 'an attempt to give dramatic expression to various types of belief, half-belief, and non-belief, in the kind of setting, removed from world-politics and house-hold-preoccupations, where such differences are felt acutely&apos.The personal copy of celebrated English science fiction author Brian Aldiss, best known for his 'Helliconia' trilogy. Associated with the British New Wave of science fiction, Aldiss received two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award and one John W. Campbell Memorial Award.Loosely inserted is a provenance notice from the executor of Aldiss's estate, his daughter Wendy. With one small pencil mark to the margin of p. 34 against the sentence, "The pouches under his eyes were like purses that contained the smuggled memories of a disappointing life", and a piece of Hilton National notepaper loosely inserted as a bookmark in the same page. In the publisher's original cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Dust wrapper lightly age toned to back strip, with small loss of paper to back strip head, and minor loss to back strip tail. Perimeters of rear wrap lightly age toned, with spotting to head of rear wrap. Significant rubbing to folds over joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: burnt-out case end of the affair brian aldiss helliconia end of the affair None
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Title: A Burnt-out Case
Description: London, Heinemann, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Graham Greene's 1961 novel, set in a Congolese leper colony. From the library of celebrated science-fiction author Brian Aldiss. The first edition, first impression of this Graham Greene novel, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A touching work set in a Leper colony on the upper reaches of a tributary on the Congo River in Africa, and inspired by Greene's own travels around a number of leper colonies in Africa in the 1950s.Commenting on his literary intentions in the work, Greene wrote that it was, 'an attempt to give dramatic expression to various types of belief, half-belief, and non-belief, in the kind of setting, removed from world-politics and house-hold-preoccupations, where such differences are felt acutely&apos.The personal copy of celebrated English science fiction author Brian Aldiss, best known for his 'Helliconia' trilogy. Associated with the British New Wave of science fiction, Aldiss received two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award and one John W. Campbell Memorial Award.Loosely inserted is a provenance notice from the executor of Aldiss's estate, his daughter Wendy. With one small pencil mark to the margin of p. 34 against the sentence, "The pouches under his eyes were like purses that contained the smuggled memories of a disappointing life", and a piece of Hilton National notepaper loosely inserted as a bookmark in the same page. In the publisher's original cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Dust wrapper lightly age toned to back strip, with small loss of paper to back strip head, and minor loss to back strip tail. Perimeters of rear wrap lightly age toned, with spotting to head of rear wrap. Significant rubbing to folds over joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: burnt-out case end of the affair brian aldiss helliconia end of the affair None
Price: GBP 195.00 = appr. US$ 278.46 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 914F38
- Book number: 914F38
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