New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. First Printing, preceding the UK edition by a month. Octavo (21cm); bound in two-tone black and reddish-brown cloth, with titling and horizontal rule stamped in silver on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-358,[2]pp. Pictorial bookplate of Albert L. Vogt on..... More
London: The Bodley Head Ltd., 1966. First UK Edition. Late novel by Greene, set in Haiti under the rule of "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his secret police, the Tonton Macoute. The novel explores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner. A successful publication for..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1939. First American Edition. A stunning copy of one of Greene's early "entertainments," basis for Herman Shumlin's 1945 film noir starring Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall, and Peter Lorre. Wobbe A15.b; Hubin, p.175; The Dark Page, Vol.1, pp.120-121. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); powder gray cloth, with..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1955. Uniform Edition. In January 1938, Green took a five week-long trip through the backroads of Mexico, which resulted in his 1939 travelogue The Lawless Roads, and his 1940 novel The Power and the Glory, one of his acknowledged masterworks. A self-proclaimed "Catholic agnostic," Greene reported..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. First Edition. The author's first novel, the story of a reluctant smuggler who betrays his colleagues and the aftermath of his betrayal. Basis for the 1947 adventure film directed by Bernard Knowles, starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Attenborough. Wobbe A2.a; Hubin, p.175. First Impression, one..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. First UK Edition. First hardcover edition, and the first time Greene's novelization of his famous screenplay saw print. "Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime – and..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. First UK Edition. First hardcover edition, and the first time Greene's novelization of his famous screenplay saw print. "Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime – and..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1936. First Edition. Greene's seventh novel, published in the UK under the title A Gun for Sale. "A hired gunman (English underprivileged youth) murders a socialist minister on the Continent and almost plunges Europe into war. Insp. Mather trails him, but M.'s own..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1936. First Edition. Greene's seventh novel, published in the UK under the title A Gun for Sale. "A hired gunman (English underprivileged youth) murders a socialist minister on the Continent and almost plunges Europe into war. Insp. Mather trails him, but M.'s own..... More