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Graham Greene. Brighton Rock. William Heinemann, London, 1938.
Price: US$337.62 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 1938. 1st ed. Age toned and some foxing. Some 'chewing' at extreme top right corner of the last 20 pages. Ex libris bookplae on front paste-down. Original publishers' cloth gilt.Slightly grubby with bumped corners, 2" split to rear hinge and small loss of cloth on corners and base of spine.
Seller: Bath House Books, Ditchingham, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham [1904 1991]. BRIGHTON ROCK: A Novel. London William Heinemann 1938, 1938.
Price: US$490.51 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION 8vo. red cloth hardback, gilt. 361pp. Ink signature and date (1942) to ffep. Light marks from removed tape to front and rear pastedowns. Browning to endpapers and lighter browning to page edges. Slight fading and some damage to top and base of spine including small loss of cloth. Light soiling to rear cover. Overall a GOOD+ COPY (Shelf 2) ** Pictures available upon request, if not already displayed here.** The shop is open 7 days a week. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Graham Greene. Brighton Rock,. William Heinemann, London, 1938.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Brighton Rock" by Graham Greene William Heinemann, London. 1938, first UK edition first printing. Light foxing, Caledonian Library, Brighton ink stamps to title, epigraph and front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, library number to pastedowns and spin, original cloth, spine a little darkened and frayed at foot, light soiling to covers. Rare first edition of this pre-war gangster underworld novel by Greene.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
GRAHAM GREENE.. Brighton Rock. A novel.. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1938.
Price: US$637.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 361pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with the publisher's motif blind-stamped to the base of the rear board. A little light marking to the cloth, the fore edge lightly spotted and just a touch of tanning to the paperstock. Former owner name and date (1944) neatly inked to the front free endpaper. Cloth a little marked and with a trace of discolouration to edges. A very good copy. No dust wrapper, naturally. Wobbe A13.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
Graham Greene. Brighton Rock. William Heinemann, 1938.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Brighton Rock" by Graham Greene. 1938 first English edition, first printing. light foxing to title, spotting to fore-edge, ink ownership inscription to half-title, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light marking and soiling to spine and corners, a very good copy.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
GREENE, Graham (1904-1991). Brighton Rock. London: William Heinemann, 1938, 1938.
Price: US$1274.04 + shipping
Description: [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, production-used copy of Linnit and Dunfee. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[4]; 361; [1]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Linnit and Dunfee ownership stamp to flyleaf. Previous owner's name in black ink to flyleaf and dated 1940, toning to end-papers and edges of textblock, pen mark to bottom of textblock, warping to boards, publisher's cloth worn exposing boards underneath at corners. Sticker mark to front board, rolling to spine. Good. The book tells the chilling tale of teenage mob-leader Pinkie, and it is masterpiece of psycho-realism. This copy belonged to Linnit and Dunfee who were theatrical agents and producers. They staged a production of Brighton Rock in UK theatres during 1943. It was performed at Garrick Theatre in London (March-June), Grand Theatre in Blackpool (February), Bristol Hippodrome (February), and New Theatre in Oxford (March). This stage production starred Richard Attenborough, William Hartnell (who later starred as the first incarnation of Dr Who), and Hermione Baddeley. All of these actors later went on to reprise their roles in the 1947 Boulting Bros film adaptation of Brighton Rock.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham.. Brighton Rock.. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1938, 1938.
Price: US$2516.23 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, first impression, published one month after the US edition. Partly inspired by a real murder in Brighton in 1934, this is Greene's "most successful attempt to create a work that is as fast-paced as a thriller and as complex as a more leisurely character study" (ODNB). Octavo. Finely bound in red morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, single rule to boards gilt, decoration to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Contents slightly toned, an excellent copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Graham Greene. Brighton Rock. William Heinemann Limited, 1938.
Price: US$6370.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brighton Rock, Graham Greene, William Heinemann Limited, 1938, First Edition, First Impression with facsimile Dust Jacket One of the most sought after novels of the twentieth century. Adapted for film in 1947 and 2010, this is a murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton. The title refers to a confectionary traditionally sold at seaside resorts with the name of the resort embedded in the centre and elongated down the length so the name of the resort is shown wherever the stick is broken. A First Edition, First Impression in good condition. The binding is straight if ever so slightly loose to the front boards, the boards a little darkened with age but retain their colour and the lettering on the spine is bright. There are two small tears to the top edge of the spine, wear to the bottom edge of the spine and front board and wear to all the corners. The toned end papers and pages are free from marks and tears. and remnants of a removed sticker and one small date stamp to the rear of the inside board. Neat owner's name and date to the rear of the front board and remnants of a removed sticker and one small date stamp to the rear of the inside board, both covered by the return flaps of the fabulous new replica dust jacket. As a first edition first impression this book is becoming increasingly rare to find and with an original jacket, of which there are very few, sells for in excess of £60,000. Here is an opportunity to buy a first/first with a facsimile dust jacket at a fraction of that price. Would make an impressive addition to a library or a fabulous gift. Will be dispatched, fully insured carefully wrapped in bubblewrap and in a cardboard box.
Seller: Grimes Hill Book Club, Wythall, United Kingdom
Graham Greene. Brighton Rock. William Heinemann, 1938.
Price: US$23000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Brighton Rock" by Graham Greene. William Heinemann, London. 1938 first UK edition first printing. Book in very good condition, publisher's review slip loosely inserted, a few scattered spots to edges, original cloth, spotting to spine, otherwise excellent. Comes with the very rare original second issue dust jacket, with reviews from Sean O'Faolain, John Brophy, James Agate and others, to flaps and lower panel, 4/6 price sticker to front flap, light toning to spine, neat repairs and restorations to extremities, in effect an excellent example, preserved in custom lidded box. The novel is a murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton. The title refers to a confectionery traditionally sold at seaside resorts with the name of the resort embedded in the centre and elongated down the length (so the same name is revealed wherever the stick is broken), which in the novel is used as a metaphor for the personality of Pinkie, which is the same all the way through. There are links between this novel and Greene's earlier novel A Gun for Sale (1936), because Raven's murder of the gang boss Kite, mentioned in A Gun For Sale, allows Pinkie to take over his gang and thus sets the events of Brighton Rock in motion. Graham Greene's masterpiece in the elusive dust jacket.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands