Nineteen Stories / 19 Stories
by GREENE, Graham (1904-1991)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine-/Fine-
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Impression of this early collection. Small 8vo (183 x 119mm): [6],231,[1]pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth, spine stamped in silver, cream-colored typographic dust jacket printed in red and grey and priced 8s/6d. About Fine (few spots to fore-edge, ink inscription to first blank), square and tight with clean pages throughout; about Fine jacket (several light smudges) without loss. A cheaply produced postwar production often encountered in deplorable condition. Wobbe A20a. Miller 24. Eight of the stories originally appeared in an earlier collection (1935) entitled The Basement Room. Among those new to this collection are "A Drive in the Country," "The Lottery Ticket," and "The Other Side of the Border," the latter two of which were excised from later collections. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
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- Bookseller
- Fine Editions Ltd (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BB2108
- Title
- Nineteen Stories / 19 Stories
- Author
- GREENE, Graham (1904-1991)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine-
- Jacket Condition
- Fine-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRSTS;
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