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GREENE, Graham. The Name of Action, London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930. 8°, half title, original dark blue cloth, the spine lettered in gilt (without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. Miller 8a; Wobbe A3a. The author's second, suppressed, novel, of which no other editions - apart from an American one published in 1931 - exist.
GREENE, Graham. Rumour at Nightfall, London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931. 8°, half title, title printed in red and black (first few leaves lightly spotted), original red cloth, the upper cover decorated in blind with a design of a radiating star, the spine lettered in gilt (very lightly dust-soiled, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. Wobbe A4a.
With the same author's Stamboul Train (London, 1932), The Basement Room (London, 1935), The Ministry of Fear (London, 1943), Nineteen Stories (London, 1947) and The Heart of the Matter (London, 1948), all first editions but without dust-jackets. (7)
GREENE, Graham. Rumour at Nightfall, London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931. 8°, half title, title printed in red and black (first few leaves lightly spotted), original red cloth, the upper cover decorated in blind with a design of a radiating star, the spine lettered in gilt (very lightly dust-soiled, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. Wobbe A4a.
With the same author's Stamboul Train (London, 1932), The Basement Room (London, 1935), The Ministry of Fear (London, 1943), Nineteen Stories (London, 1947) and The Heart of the Matter (London, 1948), all first editions but without dust-jackets. (7)
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