Ways of Escape
by GREENE, Graham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0919630138
- ISBN 13
- 9780919630130
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 0919630138 . A first Canadian edition (following a leatherbound limited edition) of Graham Greene's second autobiography, focusing on travels to ". . .some of the troubled places in the world where I found myself for no good reason. . ." providing experiences and acquaintances which he used in his novels and which he later realized afforded him "ways of escape." --- In full green paper-covered boards with silver-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with back cover photographic portrait of the author by Amanda Todd. --- A clean, bright unmarked copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Unclipped jacket with large closed tear and creases to lower front panel and light rubbing, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xiv, 266 pages .
Synopsis
Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and was later employed by the Foreign Office. He died in April 1991.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85782
- Title
- Ways of Escape
- Author
- GREENE, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0919630138
- ISBN 13
- 9780919630130
- Publisher
- Lester & Orpen Dennys Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 0919630138
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir;
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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