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Graham Greene. Nineteen Stories. William Heinemann, London, 1947.
Price: US$6.44 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition and second printing. In good black cloth boards, silver titles to back strip. The covers are firm and straight, quite clean, spine area very sunned. Tanned end papers; name on front free end paper. Tanned cut edges; the fore and tail edges are also a little foxed. The text block is in good plus condition, tight, square and mostly clean, but with light foxing to some page edges. No jacket.
Seller: Clevedon Community Bookshop Co-operative, Clevedon, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. Nineteen Stories.. London: Heinemann, 1947., 1947.
Price: US$9.67 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition hard cover book in fair condition. No dust jacket. Ex library with usual stamps and stickers. Book shaken and rolled. Fading and creasing to spine. Bumps to corners. Browning to endpapers. Pages lightly tanned throughout. Reading copy. 12mo. 231pp.
Seller: Salopian Books, Shrewsbury, SAL, United Kingdom
GRAHAM GREENE. NINETEEN STORIES. WILLIAM HEINEMANN, LONDON, 1947.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black cloth Boards with silver blocked titles to spine, 190 x 130 mm approx. [iv] + 232 pp. First Edition 1947. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG no d/j (Book - mild general shelf wear to cloth , no notable soiling, end papers tanned as is preliminary blank, which has a previous owner name and date in ink, even mild tanning to remainder of book block, binding sound with no other notable defects). A VG reading copy of the first edition or project for a designer book binder.
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. Nineteen Stories. London; Heinemann, 1947,, 1947.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 231pp, pages browned, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, blue cloth, spine ends rubbed, spine slightly discoloured, Good / no dustwrapper
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. Nineteen Stories. William Heinemann Ltd, London, UK, 1947.
Price: US$25.77 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 231 pages. FIRST EIDTION WITHOUT DUSTJACKET. No dustjacket. Clean dark blue hardback binding with light wear to boards' corners and spine-ends. Moderate yellowing to page-edges, ink name to flyleaf, browning to endpapers o/w pages clean.
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. Nineteen Stories. William Heinemann, London, 1947.
Price: US$30.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: the first edition, first printing. Original black cloth hard covers. Some fading to spine; edges and endpapers toned. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat - a sound and handsome copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Graham Greene. Nineteen Stories. William Heinemann, London, 1947.
Price: US$45.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Reprint 1947, very good used condition, light wear & marks. Dust wrapper - Good used condition, light edge wear & light marks, price clipped.
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham. Nineteen Stories. William Heinemann, London, 1947.
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback with protected dust-wrapper. 231pp. 1st edition 1947. D/w is creased, marked with losses. Previous owner's details to front free end-paper. Small water mark to fore edge. A good reading copy. (r7)
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. Nineteen Stories. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1947.
Price: US$68.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket, second printing, published in the same month as the first printing, the back cover has several faint and discreet stains, the blank end-papers are tanned, the former owner's bookplate is present on the inside of the front cover, and tiny creases (caused by bumping) are present at the bottom front corners, the flaws do not detract much, the silver spine-title is bright, the binding is tight and the contents are fine, the jacket is price-clipped, the spine is tanned and some age-darkening is present, the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included
Seller: Mainly Books, Silverdale, PA, U.S.A.
GREENE, Graham.. Nineteen Stories. FIRST EDITION BOUND IN HALF MOROCCO.. , 1947.
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Description: William Heinemann. London. 1947. First edition. No DW. Rebound in half green morocco gilt, green linen boards. New endpapers. Pages browned otherwise a clean and sound copy in a lovely 20th century binding.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. Nineteen Stories. Heinemann London 1947, 1947.
Price: US$101.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition hardback in original cloth Nice copy small octavo 231pp., Cloth slightly worn & faded, owner's bookplate o/w nice clean copy
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Greene, Graham. Nineteen Stories. William Heinemann, London, 1947.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine copy, with no markings of any kind. 12mo. 231 pp. Bound in dark blue cloth with silver lettering spine. A beautiful copy.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
GREENE,GRAHAM. Nineteen Stories. heinemann london 1947, 1947.
Price: US$152.09 + shipping
Description: first edition 231pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.sunning to upper/lower edges,eps browned w.owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some closed tears to hinges,price-clipped) tidy copy
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Graham Greene. Nineteen Stories. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1947.
Price: US$154.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dust jacket: Original jacket with large stain to spine and spine edge of covers. Wear and slight loss to ends of spine. Tiny section of loss to top edge of rear cover. Split to front edge of spine with archival tape repairs to reverse. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fair. Book: First printing. Blue cloth binding. Light vertical crease to spine. Slight wear to edge of rear board. A little bumping to lower corners of boards. A few small spots to page edges, light browning to pages, text is otherwise very clean throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 19 cm).
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom
GREENE,, Graham.. NINETEEN STORIES.. London, Heinemann, 1947., 1947.
Price: US$184.75 + shipping
Description: [6]+232pp. Small 8vo. Original cloth in lightly worn dustwrapper now well-kept in archival clear plastic with paper backing, ink name on flyleaf, a very good copy. First edition
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
GREENE, Graham.. Nineteen Stories.. Heinemann, London., 1947.
Price: US$225.45 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp.[vi], 231. Contains some of the author's finest short stories including "The Basement Room", "Across the Bridge" and "A Chance for Mr. Lever".Endpapers tanned. Tail of spine slightly turned under. Very good indeed in good, lightly marked dustwrapper tanned at the spine and with several short closed tears, as well as a longer one at the fold of the front flap.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham.. Nineteen Stories.. London William Heinemann Ltd, 1947.
Price: US$453.75 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression; 8vo; leaves toned, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's dark blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, slight rubbing to extremities, light offsetting to endpapers, with the unclipped dustjacket, slight loss to head of spine, minor creasing to edges, spine slightly darkened, some soiling to panels, overall a very good copy. greene First edition of this post-war collection of stories, uncommon in the dustjacket. Stories include 'The Basement Room', subsequently filmed memorably as 'The Fallen Idol' by Carol Reed from Greene's screenplay.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. 19 Stories / Nineteen Stories. Heinemann, London, 1947.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: | Paper a bit toned as usual (cheap paper) with faint tape traces on front and rear free endpapers, else a tight, square, clean, near fine copy in an unclipped, very good+ dustjacket (mylar-protected) with light soiling and a touch of wear at tips and head of spine. An attractive copy. Stories include 'The Basement Room', subsequently filmed memorably as 'The Fallen Idol' by Carol Reed from Greene's screenplay.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
GREENE, Graham (1904-1991). Nineteen Stories / 19 Stories. William Heinemann, London, 1947.
Price: US$701.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Impression of this early collection. Small 8vo (183 x 119mm): [6],231,[1]pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth, spine stamped in silver, cream-colored typographic dust jacket printed in red and grey and priced 8s/6d. About Fine (few spots to fore-edge, ink inscription to first blank), square and tight with clean pages throughout; about Fine jacket (several light smudges) without loss. A cheaply produced postwar production often encountered in deplorable condition. Wobbe A20a. Miller 24. Eight of the stories originally appeared in an earlier collection (1935) entitled The Basement Room. Among those new to this collection are "A Drive in the Country," "The Lottery Ticket," and "The Other Side of the Border," the latter two of which were excised from later collections. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.