The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies; An Impossible Woman: The Memories of Dottoressa Moor of Capri; Shades of Greene: The Televised Stories of Graham Greene; Miss Silver"s Past

Graham Greene; Herbert Read; Josef Skvorecky

Published by Secker and Warburg; The Viking Press; The Bodley Head; William Heinemann 1973-1976, London; New York, 1973

About this Item

A smart selection of works either written, edited or with a preface by distinguished writer Graham Greene. This set offers the autobiographies of English art historian, critic and philosopher, Herbert Read, and Elisabeth Moor, an independent woman doctor in Capri during and after WWII. Together with a collection of Graham Greene's short stories adapted for British television series 'Shades of Greene' and a novel by Czech-Canadian writer Josef Skvorecky.Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist who was widely regarded as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.These works are either written, edited, or prefaced by him:The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies by Herbert Read (second edition, 1973) Personal foreword by Graham Greene. First published 1963. An Impossible Woman: The Memories of Dottoressa Moor of Capri Edited and with an Epilogue by Graham Greene (1975) - First US edition.Shades of Greene: The Televised Stories of Graham Greene (1975) - First thus. Miss Silver"s Past by Joseph Skvorecky (1976) Translated from the Czech by Peter Kussi. With a foreword by Graham Greene. First UK edition. In the original cloth bindings, except for 'Shades of Greene', which is bound in the pictorial boards. With the publisher's original dust wrappers, all unclipped except for 'Contrary Experience'. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear. Dust wrappers are very smart, with sunning to the spine of 'Contrary Experience' and slight edge wear. With a small closed tear to the front panel. Faint marks to 'Memoires of Dottoressa Moor'. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Small contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper of 'Shades of Greene'. Near Fine.

Seller Inventory # 951Y60

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Contrary Experience: Autobiographies; An Impossible Woman: The Memories of Dottoressa Moor of Capri; Shades of Greene: The Televised Stories of Graham Greene; Miss Silver"s Past
• Publisher: Secker and Warburg; The Viking Press; The Bodley Head; William Heinemann 1973-1976, London; New York
• Publication Date: 1973
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: None
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Weight: 1 kilogram
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography & Autobiography