It's a Battlefield

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 19 April 1940. Mass Market Paperback. First printing of the First Penguin Edition, Penguin 257. "Published in Penguin Books 1940"; No additional printings listed. Orange and white card cover with black lettering. Very Good. Prior owner's name and price penciled on first page, otherwise unmarked. Tanned. Spine tight with slight tilt. One inch tear to bottom… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Pess, 1962. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. Viking review copy with slip laid in. Forward by Greene, who explains why this book was eventually republished. He found after re-reading the first edition which was first published 28 years earlier in 1934, he didn't care much for parts he had written and… Read more about this item

Heinemann, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Published by Heinemann in London, 1934. This is a very good (or better) copy. The supplied dust wrapper, designed by Youngman Carter being the true first issue (7/6) has some mild creasing throughout, and some moderate separation at the spine tips. The rear panel is markedly bright. Internally, there… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday, 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Bookplate on the front pastedown, some scattered foxing to the boards, else near fine without dustwrapper.

William Heinemann Ltd, 1934. 1st. Hardback. Good. First edition hardback, 1934, with no jacket. In overall fair-to-good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - black cloth boards tanned to spine. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1934. Though at first it sold few copies, the novel was praised by Ezra Pound and Ford Madox Ford. (Later the book was to sell 120,000 copies) Writing in the Spectator, V. S. Pritchett found great merit in what he called an adventurous, intelligent, "genuine modern novel". The New York Times thought it "engrossing, alive,… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company Inc., 1934. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 5.5 x 7.75 inches (14 x 19.5 cm). First printing of the US first edition. Lacking jacket. Brown cloth binding with spine decorated in black. Dark grey dyed top page edge, other edges untrimmed. Browning to page edges, very clean text throughout. Heavy tanning… Read more about this item

Heinemann, 1934. 1st edition. Hardcover. Original black boards, slightly paled spine else in very good condition, sturdy binding. The pages are very clean, apart from one tiny fox mark on the front block, A very nice copy of the first printing of the author's fifth novel.

London: Heinemann, 1934. 1st. hardback. Good, 1st edition without d/j, black buckram boards clean, pages and edges clean.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). A book that Greene later described as his 'first overtly political novel' (rather than just an entertainment).

London: William Heinemann, (1934).. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 275, (1) pp. Contemporary pencilled inscription to the fly leaf. Original black cloth with light marks, spine sunned.

Penguin, 1971-01-01. Paperback. Good.

New York: The Viking Press, 1962. Reissue. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. dust cover has original Price has tears along spine which I retaped. cloth cover very good, clean unmarked pages(214) and textListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1934. 1st. hardback. Good, 1st edition no d/j, black buckram boards clean but spine and gilt titling faded; text block mainly good (one small split), pages unmarked but foxing at edges.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). A book that Greene later described as his 'first overtly political novel' (rather than just an entertainment).

Penguin Books, 1940. Paperback. Acceptable. 1940. Penguin Reprint. 160 pages. Orange striped paper cover. Pages are heavily tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Minor dog-eared corners, with liquid drops, rub marks and a few small nicks along text block edge. Cover has heavy shelf-wear to edges and surfaces, with curling to corners. Moderate crushing… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1962. Reissued edition. Hardcover. Very good/Minor wear to extremities else a very good. Octavo; pp; viii, (ii), 214; embossed blue cloth lettered in green in a unclipped pictorial dust jacket;. First printing of this edition, reissued by Viking in 1962 with a new introduction by Greene; who explains why this book was eventually republished.… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Dust jacket protected in mylar cover, some wearing/deterioration around edges and at corners, some rubbing stains from shelfwear/age. Blue cloth boards, some yellowing/fading around edges of boards, corners somewhat bumped and frayed, ends of spine rubbed. Spine straight. Hinges… Read more about this item

1st American reissue edition. Originally published in 1934, this early Greene novel deals with the injustice of man s justice. Greene s Russian roulette style detective story about bedfellow rivalries between capitalists and communists. Praised by Ezra Pound and Ford Maddox Ford. The novel came to life in 1938 when a murder similar to its plot occurred, and Greene for… Read more about this item

first printing thus (1962 reissue edition) hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; some age tone to text pages, trace dust top text block edge; sound binding; clean cloth cover, vivid titling; dj has little rub to panels and edge wear (rubbing, few tears repaired on dj inner surface, a crease to front flap edge); flap price present J1

London: Heinemann, 1948 (500 gram rate) First edition in this format, dust jacket has edge tears, chipping and some losslonger tears to front and rear panels, name and date 1949 to free end paper, some dust soiling to closed top edge, black cloth binding, 234 pages. First Thus. Cloth. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1940. First Penguin Edition, First Printing . Printed Wrappers. Fine Book/Near Fine DJ. First Penguin Printing, #257, 1940. From The Collection Of Ian Ballantine, Who Was The American Representative Of Penguin Books Prior To His Founding Of Ballantine Books In 1952. Each Book From The Ballantine Collection Comes With A Loose Card Indicating It… Read more about this item