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The Labyrinthine Ways [The Power and the Glory]
by Greene, Graham
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second issue with cancels on pages 165 and 256. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned, chipped at the top edge, a few tape repairs on the verso. Yellow cloth, toned at the far edges, with green ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, green top stain, clean internally. The first U.S. edition of Greene's novel The Power and the Glory, about a flawed priest traveling around Tabasco, Mexico ministering to the people in spite of its prohibition. Named by TIME to be one of the best 100 English-language novels written since 1923.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8338
- Title
- The Labyrinthine Ways [The Power and the Glory]
- Author
- Greene, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- 20th Century Literature, Modern Literature, Mexico, British Literature, English Literature, Catholicism, Catholic, Christianity
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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