Graham Greene: A Private Collection

GRAHAM GREENE

25. The Third Man And The Fallen Idol Heinemann, 1950. First edition. Original black cloth in photographic dustwrapper. A near fine book in a near fine dustwrapper, with just some light rubs to corners. [44598] £1,250 Greene’s tale of espionage became a classic of film noir follow- ing his collaboration with Carol Reed, leading to what has been described by critics as a “near perfect work.”

26. The End Of The Affair Heinemann, 1951. First edition. Original grey cloth, let - tered in gilt, in grey and cream dustwrapper. Inscribed by Greene to the front endpaper, “For Jack and Margaret with love from Graham.” A near fine copy with a hint of toning to spine ends, in a very good dustwrapper indeed with a little wear to the spine ends. [44600] £4,500 Inscribed by Greene to his friend, the author and journalist Margaret Lane, noted biographer of Beatrix Potter and the Brontës, and her second husband, Francis ‘Jack’ Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon. Inscribed copies of this book are uncommon.

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