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A Gun for Sale (Uniform edition)
by Greene, Graham
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine, Uniform edition (original 1936) with good d/j (slight bumping), text block firm, pages clean and unmarked; Owner's n
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1947. Uniform. h/b. Near fine, Uniform edition (original 1936) with good d/j (slight bumping), text block firm, pages clean and unmarked; Owner's neat inscription ffep. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Raven is a ruthless assassin, a hired killer, whose cold-blooded murder of the Minister for War will have violent repercussions across Europe. As the nation prepares for battle, Raven goes on the run, hunted by the police and in search of the man who paid him in stolen banknotes, eventually unearthing the terrible truth behind his deadly assignment.
Synopsis
A Gun for Sale is a 1936 novel by Graham Greene. This novel was made into a film in 1941 and renamed This Gun for Hire, which was also the title of the book's U.S. edition. Alan Ladd was cast as Raven in the film, but the character's description in the book suggests someone quite different. Raven is a man dedicated to ugly deeds. When Raven is paid for killing the Minister of War with stolen notes, he becomes a man on the run.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133054
- Title
- A Gun for Sale (Uniform edition)
- Author
- Greene, Graham
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine, Uniform edition (original 1936) with good d/j (slight bumping), text block firm, pages clean and unmarked; Owner's n
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Uniform
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Pages
- 242
- Size
- 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, Greene
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
Terms of Sale
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Inklings & Yarnspinners
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About Inklings & Yarnspinners
INKLINGS & YARNSPINNERSA new online bookshop forFIRST & SIGNED EDITIONS, RARE BOOKSA particular focus on:- The Oxford Inklings with their Friends & Influences (C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Barfield, Williams, Chesterton, Macdonald, Sayers, etc)- Great 20th Century Novelists (e.g. Graham Greene & John le Carré; Anthony Powell & Evelyn Waugh; P. D. James etc)- Great 20th Century Poets (e.g. T. S. Eliot, John Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Stevie Smith, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, etc)- Christian Theology (e.g. from library sales)
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Uniform Edition
- A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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