Published by Heinemann, London, 1951
Language: English
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Published 1951 on copyright page. Previous owners name atop the front end paper, scattered foxing and toning evident on first five pages, toning to the cloth spine, very good+ in near fine dw with a spot on the bottom of the front panel and a lightly toned spine. Uncommonly SIGNED by Greene with his first name only on the title page. Signed by Author(s).
Published by William Heinemann, London, 1951
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition of the Graham Greene novel William Faulkner called, "one of the best, most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language." Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Jerry Shestack from Graham Greene." The recipient Jerry Shestack was a distinguished American Jurist, President of the American Bar Association and United States ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Civil Rights. Light shelfwear, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Originally published in 1951, The End of the Affair was acclaimed by William Faulkner as "for me one of the best, most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language.".