The Third Man and The Fallen Idol
by Greene, Graham
The Third Man is Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a city of desolate poverty occupied by four powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless in Vienna to visit his old friend and hero Harry Lime. Harry is dead, but the circumstances surrounding his death are highly suspicious, and his reputation, at the very least, dubious.
Graham Greene said of The Third Man that he "wanted to entertain [people], to frighten them a little, to make them laugh" and the result is both a compelling narrative and a haunting thriller. The Fallen Idol is the chilling story of a small boy caught up in the games that adults play. Left in the care of the butler, Baines, and his wife, Philip realizes too late the danger of lies and deceit. But the truth is even deadlier.
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Heinemann. London: Heinemann (1950). First edition. 8vo., black cloth boards, silver lettering to the spine, with the original dust jacket; pp. [viii] 3-188 [ii]; A near fine copy. The jacket hasn't been price clipped displaying 6s. net. The notoriously fragile wrapper is complete and rare thus. There is light edgewear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. There are three small repaired tears… Read more about this item Item Price
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First edition, first impression, published by William Heinemann in 1950; the year after the release of the film of the same name also written by Graham Greene.
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London: William Heinemann. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Edges and endpapers tanned. Scattered foxing. Light abrasion to fore edge. Previous owner's neat name to front free endpaper, also to rear with address. Jacket slightly rubbed, small chips to spine ends, price clipped ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; (vi,188) pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. pp. 188. 8vo. Black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Very slight shelfwear, tiny ink dot to bottom page edge, internally clean, binding sound; remarkably crisp. Unclipped dustjacket shows rubbing, a few small chips and tears at edges, and a tide mark to verso. Cinematic jacket shows b&w photo stills and… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1950]., 1950. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and the extremities. Rollo Martins comes to Vienna, a city still controlled by the four occupying powers, expecting a job from his old friend Harry Lime, only to arrive in time for his funeral. Angered by hints of his… Read more about this item Item Price
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WILLIAM HEINEMANN, LONDON, 1950 FIRST IMPRESSION. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, ORIGINAL PRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET, HALF TITLE PRESENT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 188 PAGES. FEW SMALL CHIPS & RUBBING TO EDGES OF JACKET WITH SOME LOSS AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE ON JACKET, FEW CREASES TO EDGES OF JACKET WITH MARK TO… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Forewords by Greene. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, rubbed and creased at the edges, chipped at the head and foot of the spine. Black cloth, bumped at the bottom-right corner of the front board, silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound,… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Heinemann, 1958 The dust jacket is a little foxed, has lightly scuffed edges with several tiny missing pieces as well as a creased inside flap. This is the 1958 reprint of the 1950 edition. 195 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard… Read more about this item Item Price
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William Heinemann, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 195 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Moderate tanning, with heavy foxing and marking to pages. Pages 159 to 162 are detached but still present. Cracking to front hinge, with exposed netting. Heavy foxing to pastedowns and endpapers and text block edges. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1950. First UK Edition. First hardcover edition, and the first time Greene's novelization of his famous screenplay saw print. "Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime - and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: William Heinemann, 1950. First UK edition, first hardcover edition, and the first time Graham Greene's novelization of his famous screenplay saw print. "The Third Man" was published separately later the same year in the US.
Basis for the legendary 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed and starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten.
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The Third Man and The Fallen Idol: Graham Greene (Vintage classics)
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THE THIRD MAN AND THE FALLEN IDOL
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Melbourne, London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd, [1950]. First edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with mild wear to the corner tips, mild wear to the head of the spine panel with a tiny chip and closed tear and color touch up. Scene from the motion picture The Fallen Idol comprises rear panel. (28463). Octavo,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Third Man And The Fallen Idol
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The Third Man and the Fallen Idol
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Heinemann, 1950. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing.. 8vo. Black boards with silver titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy with fresh and clean boards. No inscriptions. No marks to textblock edges. The very good dustwrapper has light nicking to extremities and a couple of short closed tears. Original price of 6snet to front flap. Starring Orson Welles and voted… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Third Man and the Fallen Idol
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London: Heinemann, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: William Heinemann Ltd 1950). First UK Limited. Publisher's black boards with gilt spine lettering. Pale brown Heinemann-style endpapers. Browning to the edge of the half-title otherwise a near fine (or better) copy in a fine D/W with minuscule rubbing at the head and tail… Read more about this item Item Price
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