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Stamboul Train
by Greene, Graham
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine, Collected Edition with Introduction by Greene, with unclipped d/j (tearing at top), green clothbound boards pristine,
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann & Bodley Head, 1974. Collected. hardback. Near fine, Collected Edition with Introduction by Greene, with unclipped d/j (tearing at top), green clothbound boards pristine, gilt titling on spine bright; pages bright and tight, unmarked.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Two years before Agatha Christie had Hercule Poirot on the same train, Greene deliberartely set out to write an 'entertainment' to help with his ailing finances (his first two novels had not done well) - it brilliantly evokes the unease in central Europe in the 1930s, with its political turbulence, anti-semitism, nationalisms and economic chaos).
Synopsis
Stamboul Train (1932) is a novel by author Graham Greene. A thriller set on an Orient Express train, it was renamed Orient Express when it was published in the United States.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC41009
- Title
- Stamboul Train
- Author
- Greene, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine, Collected Edition with Introduction by Greene, with unclipped d/j (tearing at top), green clothbound boards pristine,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collected
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann & Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Pages
- 260
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, Greene
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Inklings & Yarnspinners
Biblio member since 2021
Maidenhead, Berkshire
About Inklings & Yarnspinners
INKLINGS & YARNSPINNERSA new online bookshop forFIRST & SIGNED EDITIONS, RARE BOOKSA particular focus on:- The Oxford Inklings with their Friends & Influences (C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Barfield, Williams, Chesterton, Macdonald, Sayers, etc)- Great 20th Century Novelists (e.g. Graham Greene & John le Carré; Anthony Powell & Evelyn Waugh; P. D. James etc)- Great 20th Century Poets (e.g. T. S. Eliot, John Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Stevie Smith, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, etc)- Christian Theology (e.g. from library sales)
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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