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Toronto: Somerville House, 1995 Signed First Edition of this highly acclaimed Canadian writer's fourth book. Author of 'We So Seldom Look On Love', basis for the film 'Kissed'. Nominated twice for the Giller Prize and the Trillium Award, winner of the Governor General's Award and the prestigious Marian Engel Award, Gowdy is one of Canada's best living writer's today, whose masterful strokes of irony create a haunting canvas for the reader. 8vo. 268 pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper.. 1st Edition. more information

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Toronto: HarperFlamingo, 1998 First Edition Signed by Gowdy on the title-page. A lovely copy, (the 330 pp. Author of 'We So Seldom Look On Love', basis for the film living writer's today, whose masterful strokes of irony create a. 1st Edition. more information

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New York: Doubleday, 1976 First Edition of this gothic mystery by Hillary Baldwin Waugh, author of the highly-acclaimed police procedural, Last Seen Wearing, as Elissa Grandower, Inscribed on the title-page. 'To..Best from Elissa Grandower a.k.a. Hillary Waugh'. A near fine copy in 1/4 navy cloth over blue paper covered boards, (slight fade to the edges), silver titles to the spine in a bright, fresh neatly price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 276 pp. . 1st Edition. more information

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Cambridge: The University Press, 1805., 1805 First edition bound with Campbell's Gertrude of Wyoming, the author's. most famous work in America. 4to, pp. 134 + 30. Quarter calf, five raised bands showing some wear, marbled paper covered boards, text block clean.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. more information

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Edinburgh: Fine Arts Society, (1975)., 1975 First Edition. Exhibition catalogue to coincide with the 90th birthday tribute to Grant at the Scottish National Gallery. 4to. 12 pp. Fine in decorated green wrappers depicting a Duncan Grant textile design, The Wind. Self-portrait of Grant in black and white. With an introduction by Bloomsbury Group art critic and historian Richard Shone and an essay by Sickert expert Wendy Baron exploring the connections between Walter Sickert and the Bloomsbury Group.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. more information

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986 First US Edition. Tall 8vo., pp. 371. A fine copy in dustwrapper.. 1st Edition. more information

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London, Cassell, 1951., 1951 First edition. 8vo., pp. 276. Burgundy cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top-edge stained grey. A fine copy [neat name on ffe] in attractive patterned dustwrapper. Lovely copy. [Higginson A65b].. 1st Edition. Hardcover. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1929 First Edition, First Issue with the anti-war passage on page 290 & Sassoon Poem on pages 341 - 343 present. 8vo, pp. 448. Publisher's salmon pink cloth gilt, frontispiece, 7 illustrations. Original cream coloured pictorial dustwrapper printed in black designed by Len Lye and with a photograph of Graves by Alfred Cracknell. A fine fresh, excellent copy; the passages in question being an unauthorized transcription of a poem from Sassoon to Graves, which were subsequently removed at Sassoon's request. [Higginson A32a.] . 1st Edition. Illus. by Len Lye, Alfred Cracknell. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1929 First Edition, Second Issue, with the infamous Sassoon poem excised and replaced with cancels and asterisks. 8vo, pp. 448. Publisher's salmon pink cloth gilt, frontispiece, 7 illustrations. Inscribed by the author on the verso of the ffe. In blue fountain pen: "With best wishes / Robert Graves / 1944". A near fine copy in a very good cream coloured pictorial dustwrapper showing some use with three narrow chips. [Designed by Len Lye and with a photograph of Graves by Alfred Cracknell]. Signed copies are very uncommon. [Higginson A32b.]. 1st Edition. Illus. by Len Lye, Alfred Cracknell. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1963 First edition. 8vo., 199pp. The playwright's first novel, set in a fictional Canadian capital, treated as a comedy of manners. A fine copy in a very good or better dust jacket with a neat repair to a small chip at the spine heel. Nice example. . 1st Edition. more information

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London: Hogarth Press, 1948., 1948 First Edition. Small 8vo. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper designed by Mona Moore, with negligible wear to the crown of the spine. A bright lovely copy.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. more information

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New York: Pantheon, 1973 First American edition. 8vo. The third installment in a Trio collecting early 20th century crime stories, all set in the Sherlockian English countryside. A fine copy in pc dw.. 1st Edition. more information

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London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d.{1885}. , 1885 From TBCL's Children's Bookcases First Edition. 4to., 60pp., Recent ¼ brown leather, gilt-lettered spine over the publisher's original glazed pictorial green paper covered boards showing modest rubs at the edges & tips, original green endpapers neatly reinforced. Charming Greenaway colour illustrations throughout. A very good preserved copy of this charming Children's Classic.. 1st Edition. more information

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New York: D. Appleton and Company., 1924 First Edition of Graham Greene's first appearance in print publishing two poems, Stepping Stones and Apologia. A near fine copy in black paper covered boards, white parchment spine without the usual tanning, printed paper labels to the spine and front cover, previous collector's discreet dedication and 1933 date to the front free endpaper. Small 8vo. 62 pp. + 2 pp. of adverts. A very bright copy.. First Edition. more information

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London: Max Parrish, 1952 Illustrated by Dorothy Glover under the name Dorothy Craigie. Glover & Graham Green had an affair from 1938 until the late forties. Squarish, slim 4to., 35pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original red cloth with gilt coach on upper cover. Original pictorial dustwrapper. First edition. A fine copy in wrapper with one tiny chip expertly restored at the spine crown. One of the four very uncommon Graham Greene children's adventures. R.A Wobbe; Graham Greene - Bibliography: Guide to Research, A29.. 1st Edition. Illus. by Dorothy Glover / Dorothy Craigie. more information

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New York: The Viking Press, 1965 8vo., 309pp. True First Edition, preceding both British & American trade editions, published in an edition of only 500 advance copies, Christmas 1965 for 500 friends of the author & publishers. A fine fresh copy in green linen cloth stamped gilt & black in the original glassine wrapper as issued. Black topstain. . 1st Edition. more information

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London: The Bodley Head., 1982 First Edition. An excellent copy (a minor bump at the edge of the front board and heel of the spine) in emerald green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine dustwrapper. 8vo. 221 pp. Greene's charming evocation of Cervantes' classic Spanish novel, Don Quixote. Adapted for television with Alec Guinness, Leo McKern and Ian Richardson. . First Edition. more information

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London: The Bodley Head , 1963 First Edition. 8vo., 140pp. a fine fresh copy in dustwrapper. A collection of four stories; 'Under the Garden', 'A Visit to Morin', 'Dream of a Strange Land' & 'A Discovery in the Woods'. R.A Wobbe; Graham Greene - A Bibliography; Guide to Research, A45a . 1st Edition. more information

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London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1961 First English Language Edition. 8vo., 256pp., publisher's black cloth lettered silver at the spine. A fine copy in a near fine Lacey Everett designed dustwrapper. First published in Swedish the previous year. . 1st Edition. more information

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London: Max Parrish, 1953 Illustrated by Dorothy Glover under the name Dorothy Craigie. Glover & Graham Green had an affair from 1938 until the late forties. Squarish, slim 4to., 36pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original blue cloth with gilt steamroller on upper cover. Original pictorial dustwrapper. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine wrapper with two tiny chips expertly restored. One of the four very uncommon Graham Greene children's adventures. R.A Wobbe; Graham Greene -A Bibliography: Guide to Research A30. . 1st Edition. Illus. by Dorothy Glover / Dorothy Craigie. more information

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London: The Bodley Head, 1981 First Edition. # 208 of a Signed Limited Edition of 525 Copies. A fine copy in the original clear glassine wrapper. Originally written as a radio play for the BBC, produced and narrated by Stephen Potter, and broadcast on Saturday 6 May, 1939. . 1st Edition. more information

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London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1959 One of 250 copies printed for private distribution. A fine fresh copy in dustwrapper & custom red cloth covered slipcase. A very small limitation. Quite uncommon in condition. . 1st Edition. more information

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London: Simon and Schuster, 1980 First American Edition & First Limited edition, 1 of 500 copies Signed by the author. Excellent in publisher's black cloth covered slipcase with the author's GG logo embossed on the side as issued. Custom clear Mylar wrapper. Very Fine. . 1st Edition. more information

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London: William Heinemann., 1953 Proof copy of Greene's first play. Near fine in beige wrappers, (discreet collector's bookplate affixed to the inside of the front cover, small date, 1962 to the front free endpaper, minor tanning to the top margin of the back cover). Apparent textual and scene differences from the hardcover first edition. Small 8vo. 68 pp. . more information

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New York: Doubleday, 1935 Graham Greene Garden City: Doubleday, 1935. First American Edition. A very good copy lacking the dust jacket. Tls. 3rd April, 1980, Sussex from Elizabeth Dennys. [Secretary] pasted to the front free endpaper. In part - "Your letter and copy of England Made Me has been forwarded to me by the Bodley Head because Mr. Greene lives in France..." A nice 1 page letter from Green's sister who also partnered publishing house, Lester Orpen Dennys. . 1st Edition. more information

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London: The Stellar Press, 1963 First Edition. Small 8vo., plain card covers in green printed dustwrapper. 1 of 300 copies. The only edition. A very fine, fresh copy in a custom cut clear stiff Mylar protective outer wrapper. . 1st Edition. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape., 1932 First Edition of this early book appearance by Graham Greene. A fine copy in red cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine slightly dusty dustwrapper with one small nick at the top of the front panel and some light wear at the heel and crown of a gently sunned spine. Greene's, The End Of The Party on pp. 134. 8vo. 350 pp. . First Edition. more information

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Paris: Les Editions du Seuil, 1953 First edition. The French Edition being the only edition. 12mo. Wrappers. A very fine copy in the publisher's original wrap-around band. Uncommon.. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. more information

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New York: D. Appleton and Company., 1924 First Edition of Graham Greene's first appearance in print publishing two poems, Stepping Stones and Apologia. A near fine copy in black paper covered boards, white parchment spine slightly tanned as is usual, printed paper labels to the spine and front cover in a near fine, bright dustwrapper with some modest use. Small 8vo. 62 pp. + 2 pp. of adverts. . First Edition. more information

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London: Reinhardt Books, 1989 First Edition. A near fine copy in the publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with some modest use. 8vo. 269 pp. Selected and introduced by Christopher Hawtree. Graham Greene's op-ed prose and ideas, often persuasive and always thought-provoking. . 1st Edition. more information

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Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1980., 1980 True First Trade Edition. 8vo., A very fine fresh copy in dustwrapper. This Canadian edition precedes all others.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. more information

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London: Grayson & Grayson, 1935 First edition. A near fine copy in a very good or better dustwrapper showing minor restoration at extremities of the spine. 8vo., gilt decorated grey cloth. Copy 244 of 250 [of a total edition of 285]. Signed by Greene. A nice copy of the author's first limited edition. . 1st Edition. more information

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Oxford: Blackwell, 1925 First Book, First Edition in the rare dustwrapper. A fine example with minor restoration to a couple of roughly opened page edges in a fine, lovely original dustwrapper. Greene's First Published Book of Poetry.. 1st Edition. more information

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New York: The Viking Press, 1970 Filmed By George Cukor [1899 -1983]. His Working Copy. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer File Copy belonging to Cukor with his famous Paul Landacre [1893-1963] bookplate on the front pastedown. 244pp. An important copy. 8vo., [First Edition] 3rd printing, February, 1970. A very good or better example in dustwrapper. Signed by Cukor on the front free endpaper; pencil notes, scoring, & marginalia throughout in the text. Stamp of MGM & "File Copy. Cukor directed the 1972 MGM film based on this book. It starred Maggie Smith, Alex McCowen, & Lou Gossett. [fresh 1st edition DJ supplied]. A very interesting & significant copy.. 1st Edition. more information

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Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990 First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's blue cloth covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a lovely pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 325 pp. With wit, intelligence and a wry sense of humour Greene presents a selection of hitherto unpublished pieces.. 1st Edition. more information

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London: The Bodley Head, 1980 First edition, first issue with "leave alone" pp. 9, line 4. A fine copy in emerald green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a fine dustwrapper. 8vo. 139 pp. Adapted into film with James Mason and Alan Bates.. 1st Edition. more information

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London: Heinemann, 1929 Spectacular First edition of Greene's first novel. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered gilt. A fine fresh copy in an exceptional dustwrapper. Certainly one of the finest available on the market. Wobbe A2. The title for THE MAN WITHIN (1929) was taken from Sir Thomas Browne's (1605-1682) "There's another man within me that's angry with me." The film version of the book, starring Michael Redgrave & Richard Attenborough, was made in 1947. . 1st Edition. more information

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London: The Bodley Head and Anthony Blond, 1985 First Edition. A fine copy in emerald green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a fine dustwrapper. 8vo. 157 pp. Greene's compelling WW11 tale adapted into film with Anthony Hopkins. . 1st Edition. more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster., 1985 First Edition. Advance Uncorrected Proof with the publisher's material affixed to the inside front cover. A near fine copy in yellow stiff card wrappers as issued, (slightest of creasing at the spine), printed in black. 8vo. 155 pp. An engrossing WW11 tale adapted into film with Anthony Hopkins. . ARC. more information

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London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1951 Lovely copy - Inscribed to friend, Christopher Sykes, Waugh's Bibliographer. First edition in English. 8vo, pp. 191. Near fine or better in dustwrapper. Nicely inscribed by Greene on the front free endpaper: "To Christopher / with affection / Graham". A Greene collection of literary criticism. Great association. Custom clamshell case. Excellent association. . 1st Edition. more information

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London: The Bodley Head , 1982 First Edition. Printed grey wrappers. 8vo., 69 pp. With line illustrations, text in French & English. A fine copy. . 1st Edition. more information

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Toronto: The Bodley Head., 1969 First Edition. A near fine copy in emerald green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh neatly price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper with some light use. 8vo. 319 pp. Greene's classic comedy adventure adapted into film by director George Cukor, with Maggie Smith as the utterly eccentric Aunt Augusta. . First Edition. more information

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London: The Bodley Head , 1967 First Edition. 8vo., 188pp. Number 419 of 500 copies Signed by the author & specially bound green quarter cloth over patterned boards. A very fine copy in the original unprinted tissue/glassine wrapper [slight wear]& original clear thick acetate dust jacket in very fine condition. Wobbe A50a . 1st Edition. more information

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London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1939 Greene, Graham. THE LAWLESS ROAD. London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1939. Greene's excellent account of his Mexican journey. First edition. Variant issue with white map of Mexico endpapers not Wobbe's yellow ep's. Second issue binding; red cloth stamped black at the spine, 8vo., 306pp. A very good or better copy in a very bright & fresh [generously] price-clipped dustwrapper with a bit of expert archival repair to a couple of small chips at the crown & heel of the spine and a small chip at the bottom of the front panel. An attractive copy. Wobbe A14. . . 1st Edition. more information

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Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1984 First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's green cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 224 pp. A member of the Panamanian delegation to Washington at the signing of the Canal treaty in 1977, Green e's fascination with South America is reflected in this semi-biography.. 1st Edition. more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster., 1972 First Edition. A fine copy in black cloth, silver titles to the spine in a near fine dustwrapper. Small 4to. 284 pp. Wonderful black and white film stills throughout. An entertaining look at the films of the 1930's by one of England's finest authors. . First Edition. more information

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London: The Bodley Head, 1966 First Edition. A near fine copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine neatly price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper. A bright, fresh copy of Greene's powerful novel of Papa Doc's, Haiti. Adapted into film with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. 8vo. 313 pp.. 1st Edition. more information

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London: The Bodley Head , 1961 True First Edition. First UK Edition. A fine fresh copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Based on his trips to West Africa in 1941 & The Belgian Congo 1958. An interesting companion volume to Greene's two African novels, The Heart of the Matter & A Burnt-Out Case. R.A Wobbe; Graham Greene: A Bibliography - Guide to Research, A42. . 1st Edition. more information

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New York: The Vanguard Press, 1938 First US Edition. Co-authored by Greene with Ronald Matthews. In England, the book published by Routledge, was suppressed. The "The Public Morality Council", alerted by reviews notified the Home Secretary who pressured Routledge to withdraw the book. There was quite a stir & Greene literally took off to Mexico at the time to avoid a potential libel action. As a consequence to Greene collectors, the UK 1st book is as rare as the rarest of Greene titles, especially in any sort of dustwrapper. After Routledge withdrew the book & pulped the run, it was published in Paris, June, 1938 by Jack Kahane, father of Maurice Girodias. Another edition was published in London in 1954. This is the true first US 1938 edition & very scarce in its own right & not often seen in dustwrapper. A very good or better copy showing a bit of fade to the extremities of the delicate blue cloth, partial binding offsetting at the endpapers, in an excellent original dustwrapper showing minimal use, & a touch of foxing, still about fine . Not including in Roland Wobbe's GG bibliography. A very nice copy. . 1st Edition. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1932 First Edition Inscribed by Dr. Wilfred Grenfell on the front free endpaper and embellished with a line drawing of a skier on snow covered slopes. 'To Mrs. Childs, With Best Wishes, Wilfred T. Grenfell, Labrador'. A very good or better copy in blue cloth, showing some light overall use, gilt titles to the spine, dedicatee's unobtrusive bookplate to the front pastedown. Black and white photographs throughout. Royal 8vo. 372 pp. A bright, fresh copy of this autobiography by the English physician and missionary famous for his work in Labrador and Newfoundland. . 1st Edition. more information

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