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A Burnt-Out Case.
by GREENE, Graham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd,, 1961. The more bare a life is, the more we fear change First edition in English, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Toola, with love from Graham". In common with other Greene titles of this period, the Swedish, Norwegian, and French translations of this novel were all published prior to the English edition, all in 1960, with the Swedish version, Ütbrand, accepted as the true first edition. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, publisher's device to rear cover in blind. With dust jacket. Binding fresh, extremities rubbed with one small mark to head of front cover, gutter cracked at half-title, but firm, contents clean; jacket lightly rubbed and toned, else bright and unclipped: a very good copy in very good jacket. Miller A40a.
Synopsis
A Burnt-Out Case (1960) is a novel by English author Graham Greene.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 168784
- Title
- A Burnt-Out Case.
- Author
- GREENE, Graham
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: William Heinemann Ltd,
- Date Published
- 1961
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Gutter
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Cracked
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- Octavo
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- Inscribed
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- Device
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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