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Graham Greene. It's A Battlefield. William Heinemann Ltd, 1934.
Price: US$76.93 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition hardback, 1934, with no jacket. In overall fair-to-good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - black cloth boards tanned to spine. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.
Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham. It's a Battlefield. London: William Heinemann (1934)., 1934.
Price: US$77.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, (viii), 275, (1) pp. Contemporary pencilled inscription to the fly leaf. Original black cloth with light marks, spine sunned.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. It's a Battlefield. London; William Heinemann;, 1934.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Good in black cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Boots library sticker on the front board. Creases to the spine. Slightly loose binding. Two ownership inscriptions on front fly leaves. No dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham (1904-1991). It's a Battlefield. London: William Heinemann, 1934, 1934.
Price: US$121.91 + shipping
Description: [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 275 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Toned throughout; more heavily to edge and endpapers. Hinges starting. Heavy rubbing and some bumping to cloth, especially spine. Good. An early thriller from Greene, which portrays the murkier areas of London where Drover, a communist bus-driver, has been sentenced to death for killing a policeman in a political riot while defending his wife. A bitter irony hovers over the ensuing battles to save him.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham (1904-1991). It's a battlefield / Graham Green. London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1934.
Price: US$137.76 + shipping
Description: Rebound with new endpapers, with original gilt-blocked label to the spine. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [8], 275, [1] p; 19 cm. Subjects: Communists Great Britain; Fiction. Murderers Great Britain; Fiction. Death row inmates Great Britain; Fiction. Communists. Death row inmates. Murderers. Fiction in English. Genre: Fiction. Summary: Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison, sentenced to death for killing a policeman during a riot at Hyde Park Corner. A battle for a reprieve with many participants ensues: the Assistant Commissioner, high-principled and over-worked; Conrad, a paranoid clerk; Mr Surrogate, a rich Fabian; Condor, a pathetic journalist feeding on fantasies; pretty, promiscuous Kay - all have a part to play in his fate. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Greene, Graham. It's A Battlefield.. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1934.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this early novel by Greene. Octavo, original cloth.ÂIn very good condition. Though at first it sold few copies, the novel was praised by Ezra Pound and Ford Madox Ford. (Later the book was to sell 120,000 copies) Writing in the Spectator, V. S. Pritchett found great merit in what he called an adventurous, intelligent, "genuine modern novel". The New York Times thought it "engrossing, alive, and decidedly well worth reading" That reviewer praised Greene's "cinematographic" style, and Greene later said that the novel was "intentionally based on film technique" (Surprisingly, and to Greene's lasting amusement, it was one of the few novels he wrote that was never made into a film.) The novel's style is also influenced by Ulysses, The Waste Land, Mrs Dalloway and, as Greene admitted, Joseph Conrad. He alludes to Conrad by naming Drover's brother after him. Graham Greene later described it as his "first overtly political novel".[1] Its theme, said Greene, is "the injustice of man's justice." Later in life, Greene classified his major books as "novels" and his lighter works as "entertainments"; he ranked It's a Battlefield as a novel and not a mere entertainment.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham (1904-1991). It's a battlefield / Graham Green. London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1934.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: Rebound with new endpapers, with original gilt-blocked label to the spine. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [8], 275, [1] p; 19 cm. Subjects: Communists Great Britain; Fiction. Murderers Great Britain; Fiction. Death row inmates Great Britain; Fiction. Communists. Death row inmates. Murderers. Fiction in English. Genre: Fiction. Summary: Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison, sentenced to death for killing a policeman during a riot at Hyde Park Corner. A battle for a reprieve with many participants ensues: the Assistant Commissioner, high-principled and over-worked; Conrad, a paranoid clerk; Mr Surrogate, a rich Fabian; Condor, a pathetic journalist feeding on fantasies; pretty, promiscuous Kay - all have a part to play in his fate. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
GREENE, Graham. It's a Battlefield. William Heinemann, London, 1934.
Price: US$166.82 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine slightly worn, overall a pretty decent copy Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham.. It's a Battlefield.. London William Heinemann Ltd, 1934.
Price: US$169.40 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, foxing to edges of text-block but otherwise internally fine, publisher's black cloth, rolling to spine, overall very good. greene
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Graham Greene. It's a Battlefield. William Heinemann, London, 1934.
Price: US$243.82 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first impression copy of Graham Greene's early novel 'It's a Battlefield.' An early novel by Graham Greene, which explores the lives of people close to Drover, a bus driver, in the days before he was due to hang, sentenced to die by his Communist colleagues to gain support for the party. Later described by Greene as 'overtly political,' its theme was defined as 'the injustice of man's justice.'At first the novel only sold a few copies, but received much praise by Ezra Pound and Ford Madox Ford. Later it would sell over one hundred and twenty thousand copies. In 1948, Greene extensively revised the novel for the third edition and his changes were incorporated in future printings. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with only minor shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The rear board is slightly rubbed, with a hint of fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. With a very minor, faint spotting to the first and last few leaves. Otherwise, the pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Greene (Graham).. Its a Battlefield. William Heinemann Ltd,, 1934.
Price: US$269.49 + shipping
Description: Binding slightly bruised and a touch sunned at spine, slight spotting and soiling, mostly to end-papers, but a nice copy; bookplate
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Graham Greene. It's a Battlefield. William Heinemann, London, 1934.
Price: US$282.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first impression of this early novel by a leading novelist of his time Graham Greene. An early novel by Graham Greene, which explores the lives of people close to Drover, a bus driver, in the days before he was due to hang, sentenced to die by his Communist colleagues to gain support for the party. Later described by Greene as 'overtly political,' its theme was defined as 'the injustice of man's justice.'At first the novel only sold a few copies, but received much praise by Ezra Pound and Ford Madox Ford. Later it would sell over one hundred and twenty thousand copies. In 1948, Greene extensively revised the novel for the third edition and his changes were incorporated in future printings.Understandably lacking the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with some shelf wear and minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, light soiling to the boards and spine, a minor chipping to the tail of the spine. Gentle minor cocking forward of the spine. Previous ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1938. Front hinge only slightly strained, holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to the endpapers, otherwise the pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Graham Greene. It's a battlefield. William Heinemann, 1934.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "It's a battlefield" by Graham Greene. William Heinemann, London. 1934 first UK edition first printing. Original black cloth lettered in gilt, dust jacket (remaindered issue with "3/6" stamped on spine), collector's green morocco-backed folding box, slight browning and spotting to endpapers, soiled and faded dust-jacket with some minor loss, repairs to reverse.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands