GREENE, Graham. The Name of Action. [1930]. (Preliminaries lightly foxed.) Original dark blue cloth (some bubbling to spine, light rubbing to spine ends and joints). First and only English edition. -- Stamboul Train. [1932]. Original brown cloth (leaned, few tears to spine). Provenance: Paul Bush (bookplate). -- A Gun for Sale. [1936]. (Few light spots to first and last few leaves.) Original red cloth (leaned, spine lightly faded). Provenance: John A. Vianert (signature on front free endpaper). -- Brighton Rock. [1938]. (Light foxing to edges, margins of first few leaves.) Original red cloth; slipcase. Later printing. -- The Confidential Agent. [1939]. (Pale spotting to edges.) Original light blue cloth (slight lean, very light fading to spine). Provenance: Brenda (gift inscription on verso of first blank). London: William Heinemann. Together 5 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS except as noted, 8o. -- DIEMERT, Brian. Graham Greene's Thrillers and the 1930's. 1996.

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GREENE, Graham. The Name of Action. [1930]. (Preliminaries lightly foxed.) Original dark blue cloth (some bubbling to spine, light rubbing to spine ends and joints). First and only English edition. -- Stamboul Train. [1932]. Original brown cloth (leaned, few tears to spine). Provenance: Paul Bush (bookplate). -- A Gun for Sale. [1936]. (Few light spots to first and last few leaves.) Original red cloth (leaned, spine lightly faded). Provenance: John A. Vianert (signature on front free endpaper). -- Brighton Rock. [1938]. (Light foxing to edges, margins of first few leaves.) Original red cloth; slipcase. Later printing. -- The Confidential Agent. [1939]. (Pale spotting to edges.) Original light blue cloth (slight lean, very light fading to spine). Provenance: Brenda (gift inscription on verso of first blank). London: William Heinemann. Together 5 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS except as noted, 8o. -- DIEMERT, Brian. Graham Greene's Thrillers and the 1930's. 1996.

[With]: The Return of A.J. Raffles. London: The Bodley Head, 1975. 8o. Original boards, spine gilt-lettered; dust jacket. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author, number 224 of 250 copies. The play was produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company the year of publication. (7)

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