Language: English
Published by Rinehart & Company, New York, 1951
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stephen Greene (illustrator). The cover has black cloth with green and coppertone letters. 369 pages; 20 chapters. The cover's corners are slightly rubbed. The text block ends have darkened. The pages are lightly tanned. The author signed as Don Wilson. DJ: The white areas are darkly tanned; the flaps are much less so. The top edge of the front panel is chipped along its full length and has a 3/4 in. peeled tear. Five other chips are up to 5/8 in. A water stain is across the top, adjacent corners of the back panel and flap. Four spots, up to a linear 1/4 in., on the spine panel are rubbed white. Scans e-mailed upon request. Signed by the Authors.
Language: English
Published by The Stinehour Press, 1973
Seller: Monroe Bridge Books, MABA Member, Houlton, ME, U.S.A.
Association Member: MABA
Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. SCARCE. May, 1973, #391 of 1000 Copies. SIGNED "Compliments / of / Russell M. Stockman" [one of the Listed Staff Members in the book]. History of the Book Cellar in Brattleboro, Vermont, 1948-1973. 36pp, [3], staple bound, stiff paper covers, with black and white photographs throughout. Covers show light soiling, crease, NO INTERIOR LABELS, NOR MARKINGS. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by University Gallery at UMASS Lowell, Lowell, MA, 1999
Seller: The Wild Muse, Granville, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. Signed exhibition catalog. First edition. Softcover. Published: University Gallery at UMASS Lowell, 1999. 4to. wrappers, 8 1/2" x 11", 12pp., illustrated with color and b/w reproductions. Inscribed by Greene on title page, "For Dorothy, love Steve". A few mild cover stains. Near fine. Signed By Artist.
GREENE, Stephen. [With Arthur W. Peach, Ralph N. Hill & Walter Hard Jr.]. A TREASURY OF VERMONT LIFE. Foreword by Stewart H. Holbrook. Woodstock, Vt.: The Countryman Press, [1956]. Small 4to., off-white pictorial cloth, stamped in black & orange. First Edition. Signed presentation by Vermont Governor Joseph B. Johnson on half-title page, to New York Governor Averell Harriman: "May 3, 1957. Greetings from Vermont to Governor Harriman, Joseph B. Johnson, Governor." Near fine (minor soil). $125.00.
Published by Sylvester & Orphanos, Los Angeles, 1990
Seller: sonalsorises, Los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition. Green silk cloth, as new in publisher's slipcase. This is an "unnumbered copy." Signed by Graham Greene and Stephen Spender. A MINIATURE BOOK. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Sylvester & Orphanos, 1990
Seller: Watersmead Books, Great Torrington, DEVON, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
US$ 664.87
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST AND SOLE EDITION. Number 74 of 300 numbered copies signed by Greene and Spender who provides the Afterword, with illustrations by Vance Gerry, from a total edition of 330 copies. Greene's late memoir (he died the following year) about his visit to China in 1957 in a party of British writers and intellectuals. Miniature book 73 x 73mm, by a margin Greene's smallest. Rather sweet if a little impractical. Publisher's green silk boards with stitched spine, printed paper title label on upper cover, gold paper endpapers, matching folding case with bone fastener. A fine copy and case. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Sylvester and Orphanos, 1990
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: FINE. First Edition. SIGNED by Greene and Spender on rear blanks. Stated PRINTER'S COPY on the colophon, specially meaningful as this exquisite miniature is one of the jewels in Patrick Reagh's ouevre. Illustrations by Vance Gerry. 47mm Miniature, 47 pp. Exposed stab-stitch binding in Burgundy Matka Silk with charm and braided stitching ends; matching clamshell with bone clasp, lined in gilt foil. Greene was so impressed by the Sylvester and Orphanos production of his Quick Look Behind that he immediately proposed a second publication, and his account of a 1951 trip to China was settled on. became one of their finest productions. Greene was so impressed by the Sylvester and Orphanos production of his Quick Look Behind that he immediately proposed a second publication, and his account of a 1951 trip to China was settled on. The finished work remains the finest of the many S&O collaborations with Patrick Reagh. FINE in FINE clamshell. Signed.
Published by Sylester and Orphanos, 1990
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: FINE. First Edition. SIGNED by Greene and Spender. Copy #139. 47 pp. 47mm Miniature. Exposed stab-stitch binding in Green Matka Silk with charm and braided stitching ends, green paper label to front cover backed in gilt foil; matching clamshell with bone clasp, lined in green paper and gilt foil. Illustrations by Vance Gerry. Letterpress printed by Patrick Reagh in Baskerville type on Arches Mouldmade paper in an edition limited to 330 copies in Green silk and four presentation copies in Burgundy. Greene was so impressed by the Sylvester and Orphanos production of his Quick Look Behind that he immediately proposed a second publication, and his account of a 1951 trip to China was settled on. The finished work remains one of Reagh's finest productions and is the jewel of the S&O catalog. A significant rarity in its finished state with label and number. Production was aborted for unknown reasons with the majority of the bound copies left unsequenced and without the cover title label. FINE in FINE clamshell. Copy number 107, signed by Greene and Spender. Signed.
Published by Sylvester & Orphanos, 1990
Seller: The Great Catsby's Rare Books, Edmonton, AB, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First and only printing of this title. Signed by Greene and Stephen Spender who wrote the introduction. Limited to 330 signed copies, though rumour has it a material shortage led to a much smaller number being bound. This is one of four special copies that bear the name of a recipient, this being reserved for the author Graham Greene himself. Bound in beautiful rough weave ruby silk with mottled gold leaf end papers, traditional Japanese side stitch Coptic binding with charm, housed in a Solander box of the same silk and with same gold leaf paste downs. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Sylester and Orphanos, [Los Angeles], 1990
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Fine. Signed Limited Edition. First edition. One of 330 copies, unnumbered and signed by Graham Greene and Stephen Spender on two rear blanks. [vi], 47,[7] pp. Bound in publisher's emerald green raw Matka silk with exposed stab binding; bone pearl charm and braided stitching ends. Housed in a matching folding slipcase with bone clasp lined in green paper and gilt foil. 3" x 3.25". Frontispiece and two other illustrations by Vance Gerry. Lacking the paper label to upper board (as most copies do, as issued), else Fine. The writer's second publication with Sylvester and Orphanos, after an initial success with Quick Look Behind. Greene outlines his 1951 trip to China in this sumptuously bound tiny book.