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GREENE, GRAHAM. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1951, 1951.

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Description: EX LIBRARY, LACKS D/W, octavo, hardcover (SCRUFFY); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at east reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1951,, 1951.

Price: US$7.80 + shipping

Description: 1st edition, hardback, 8vo,191pp, edges browning, slight foxing, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, oatmeal cloth, green titles, some fading and browning on covers, Good condition / no dustwrapper,

Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom

GREENE, Graham. The lost childhood and other essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$7.80 + shipping

Description: 1st UK edition. Not a pretty copy; grey cloth boards, with G24 written in large on front board & painted over; similar treatment on spine; extremities shelf worn; bookplate on front pastedown; binding tight. Used - Acceptable. Fair Hardback (No dust jacket)

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Lost Childhood. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$7.80 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The Lost Childhood and other essays by Graham Greene. 1951. Hardback. UK first edition, first printing. No jacket. Book in good condition as cover is damp damaged and spine is almost completed faded. Book is clean and tight internally - with no damage to it at all. Bookseller Inventory #HFB003714

Seller: Hunt For Books, Blackburn, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswode, London, 1951.

Price: US$9.10 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Oatmeal cloth on boards with faded title on spine. Rather grubby outers with ring stain on lower cover. Clean contents and sound binding.

Seller: Balfour Books, Sidmouth, DEVON, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and other essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$10.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 191 pages (complete). The cloth cover has wear, marks from handling and storage and scuffing. It is whole and placid. Within, the contents are in good, contented condition. The pages are clear, certain, mild and clean. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

Graham Greene. The Lost Childhood and other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$10.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. Second Impression. Jacket with some grazes and a chip from the spine. Bookseller tag on the paste-down. Some foxing to the top edge which has crept onto the pages in a few places. Overall very good. The Book Cellar & Henschel.

Seller: Daniel Zachariah, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Graham Greene. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$10.39 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1951. No Edition Remarks. 191 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Grey cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to both boards.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$12.72 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1951. 191 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$12.99 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: White cloth hardcover has some age tonning and a little fraying at the top of the cloth spine. Inside is tight withonly very light age tonning in places. Still a good reading copy, and it is the first edtiion.

Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.

Graham Greene. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Description: Stained boards. Please Email for further details Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"

Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Lost Childhood. Eyre and Spottiswoode,, 1951.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: first edition second printing, ex-library copy with the usual markings, the binding is still tight and the interior text is clean

Seller: Heroes Bookshop, Paris, ON, Canada

Graham Greene. The Lost childhood : and other essays, by Graham Greene.. London : Eyre et Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$18.05 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: In-8°, 191 p. [Acq. 313266] -XcE-Xb- English

Seller: Untje.com, Roeselare, Belgium

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: chipped and tore on spine of DJ, front end page missing. S4 4

Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada

GREENE, Graham. THE LOST CHILDHOOD and Other Essays. London Eyre & Spottiswoode 1951, 1951.

Price: US$22.10 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION. 8vo., beige clothbound hardback gilt; 191pp. Clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Foxing to edges and to first and last few pages. Boards slightly soiled, spine a little sunned, lettering dulled. A Good, Sound copy overall. No dust jacket. (SHELF 200) ** 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

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Tan cloth, top edge stained red. Clean, tight, unmarked copy. DJ marked second Impression.

Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

GREENE, Graham.. The Lost Childhood and other essays.. , 1951.

Price: US$33.56 + shipping

Description: London: Eyre & Spottswoode, 1951. 8vo. Orig. cloth. In slightly chipped, shelf soiled dustjacket. (192pp.). First Edition, 2nd Issue (June 1951). Lightly foxed.

Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia

GREENE, Graham. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London (1951), 1951.

Price: US$39.01 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st edition/1st impression. A ncie clean copy with mild foxing on early pages foxing on the thick edge without inscription in not price clipped dust jacket, which is now protected by a removable transparent wrapper.

Seller: Mike Conry, WORCESTER, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Description: | Gift inscr. fep; occasional ink jottings & underlinings throughout; spotting, foxing -- else very good in edgeworn dustjacket w/ chips at spinal extremities. Includes 'The Revolver In The Corner Cupboard', Greene's account of his youthful resort to Russian roulette as an antidote to boredom.

Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$52.01 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Pages clean and bright, light spotting on closed edges, light foxing on endpapers, boards tidy, tape repaired closed tear on foot of jacket spine, spotting to jacket and light chipping to jacket edges. Size: 8vo

Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham (1904-1991). The lost childhood and other essays / by Graham Greene. London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$55.58 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: personalized inscription from previous owner. Physical description: viii, [4], 13-191, [1] pages; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Contents: pt. 1: Personal prologue. The lost childhood. -- pt. 2: Novels and novelists. Henry James: the private universe. Henry James: the religious aspect. The portrait of a lady. The plays of Henry James. The lesson of the master. The young Dickens. Fielding and Sterne. From feathers to iron. Francois Mauriac. The burden of the childhood. Man made angry. Walter de la Mare's short stories. The Saratoga trunk. The poker-face. Ford Madox Ford. Frederick Rolfe: Edwardian inferno, From the devil's side, A spoiled priest. Remembering Mr. Jones. The domestic background. Isis idol. The last buchan. Beatrix Potter. Harkaway's oxford. The unknown war. -- pt. 3: Some characters. Francis parkman. Samuel Butler. The ugly act. Eric Gill. Invincible ignorance. Herbert Read. George Darley. An unheroic dramatist. Dr. Oates of salamanca. A hoax on Mr. Hulton. Don in Mexico. Portrait of a maiden lady. Mr. Cook's century. Great dog of weimar. Subjects: English literature History and criticism. English literature. English literature Addresses, essays, lectures. Genre. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dust jackets - Specimens - Great Britain - 20th century. Essay. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Graham Greene. The Lost Childhood. Eyre & Spottiswoode, UK, 1951.

Price: US$58.51 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: The Lost Childhood by Graham Greene First Edition Eyre & Spottiswoode 1951. A fine copy with no inscriptions, foxing or toning. Covers bright and unmarked, no darkening to spine. In original VG dust jacket. Not price clipped. For further images please see Brought to Book Ltd.

Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Lost Childhood and other Essays. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$58.51 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first edition of a collection of essays written by Graham Greene. The first edition. Missing the dust wrapper. The Lost Children and Other Essays is a collection of Essays and book reviews written by Graham Green.It is divided into four parts. In each part, Greene explores the role of literature and how it impacts society. Greene critiques writers and fictional characters. Bound in the original publisher's cloth. Externally generally smart. Fading to the spine and boards. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Ex-libris Bookplate on the front pastedown. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$62.41 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: *** Book in very good clean and tight conditio. Cream/beige boards with gilt title on spine. 191 pages. Top edge dyed maroon. Previous owner's name on ffep. paper is generally a bit browned. Very occasional light pencil markings in the margins. *** DUST JACKET in good condition , but part of the spine is missing (see images). Unclipped, now Trimsleeve protected. *** CONTENTS: This was the author's first collection of literary criticism, and deals with childhood, novels and novelists, and character studies. Size: 225x150mm

Seller: Salusbury Books, GLASGOW, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays: First Printing. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$63.71 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition, first printing. Clean original light grey binding with gilt letters; light water mark to one-third of the bottom edge of front cover, edge of bottom spine tip and edge of verso. Neat one-inch previous owner's mark to front end paper and half-inch Henry Sotheran, bookseller, Saville Street, sticker to bottom edge of front paste down. Very clean and tight text block with no spotting or sunning. Dust jacket condition: Very Good plus: clean and bright coloured front panel; some fading to spine not affecting letters; neatly price clipped.

Seller: M&B Books, London, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham (1904-1991). The lost childhood and other essays / by Graham Greene. London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$70.00 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: personalized inscription from previous owner. Physical description: viii, [4], 13-191, [1] pages; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Contents: pt. 1: Personal prologue. The lost childhood. -- pt. 2: Novels and novelists. Henry James: the private universe. Henry James: the religious aspect. The portrait of a lady. The plays of Henry James. The lesson of the master. The young Dickens. Fielding and Sterne. From feathers to iron. Francois Mauriac. The burden of the childhood. Man made angry. Walter de la Mare's short stories. The Saratoga trunk. The poker-face. Ford Madox Ford. Frederick Rolfe: Edwardian inferno, From the devil's side, A spoiled priest. Remembering Mr. Jones. The domestic background. Isis idol. The last buchan. Beatrix Potter. Harkaway's oxford. The unknown war. -- pt. 3: Some characters. Francis parkman. Samuel Butler. The ugly act. Eric Gill. Invincible ignorance. Herbert Read. George Darley. An unheroic dramatist. Dr. Oates of salamanca. A hoax on Mr. Hulton. Don in Mexico. Portrait of a maiden lady. Mr. Cook's century. Great dog of weimar. Subjects: English literature History and criticism. English literature. English literature Addresses, essays, lectures. Genre. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Dust jackets - Specimens - Great Britain - 20th century. Essay. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood. Eyre and Spottiswood, London, 1951.

Price: US$71.51 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Dust-wrapper rubbed at edges and corners, price clipped and slightly chipped at head and tail of spine with small stain inner edge front flap which does not detract from condition. Otherwise complete and presentable. Contents are firm, clean and unspotted with school presentation plate on front paste-down. Size: 5.5 X9 in

Seller: Bosco Books, Looe, CORNW, United Kingdom

GREENE, Graham. THE LOST CHILDHOOD and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$71.51 + shipping

Description: First edition. Original oatmeal cloth titled in gilt in pictorial dustwrapper. A very good copy, some ghosting to spine, in a good dustwrapper, rather toned and worn. Greene's first collection of literary criticism, in which he looks at particular novels and novelists. Also comprises seven autobiographical essays. PROVENANCE: Alan Anderson, founder of the Tragara Press (1922-2016), his bookplate to front pastedown and an envelope addressed to him loosely laid in.

Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham:. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre and Spottiswoode London, 1951.

Price: US$78.01 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition, viiipp + 191pp, red top edge, grey cloth boards, gilt and black titles to spine, red illustrated dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition, with a little light foxing. The dustwrapper is in good condition, and is slightly worn at the edges, particularly along the top edge, and has a little grubbiness and foxing.

Seller: Gerald Baker, Bristol, United Kingdom

GREENE, Graham.. The Lost Childhood - and other essays.. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London., 1951.

Price: US$84.51 + shipping

Description: First edition. Octavo. pp viii, 191. Forty-six essays, their subjects including Henry James, George Darley, Ford Madox Ford, Dickens, Samuel Butler, Eric Gill, Herbert Read, Beatrix Potter etc.Faint offsetting from dustwrapper onto spine. Very good indeed in very good, slightly rubbed dustwrapper with some chips and nicks to top edge repaired on the reverse.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

GREENE, Graham. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Dust jacket by Stein. Bottom edge with a few tiny soil spots, front cover slightly bowed, spine with faint ghosting from dust jacket, very good in a slightly spine-tanned very good dust jacket with slight wear and toning to the extremities. The first published collection of the novelist's literary criticism, along with some autobiographical passages.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood. London Eyre and Spottiswoode 1951, 1951.

Price: US$110.51 + shipping

Description: A first edition, first printing published by Eyre and Spottiswoode in 1951. A very good book without inscriptions. Spotting to the page edges. In a very good unclipped wrapper with chipping to the head of the spine. Some wear to the edges and foxing to the joint of the rear panel.

Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. THE LOST CHILDHOOD: and other essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Essay collection broken into four sections, two of which are autobiographical. The rest deal with his views on fellow novelists and on poets and artists. Near fine with foxing to top edge of cloth and subtle reflection of dust jacket design on spine; in near fine dust jacket with few small stains to rear panel.

Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.

Graham Greene. The lost childhood. Eyre & Spottiswood, 1951.

Price: US$162.52 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Both book and cover in fine condition.1st/1st

Seller: P J MCALEER, BELFAST, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and other Essays. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$166.73 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The first edition, a near fine copy in a bright fresh dust wrapper, which is a bit rubbed at the tips, small tear to the head of the spine.

Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland

Greene, Graham (1904-1991). The lost childhood and other essays / by Graham Greene. London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$166.73 + shipping

Description: Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, [4], 13-191, [1] pages ; 23cm. Subjects: English literature -- History and criticism. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and other essays. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$166.73 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 191 pages. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition, 1st Printing. Dust jacket fully intact and not price clipped, showing the original price of "12s6d". Interior is clear of names, inscriptions, stamps or any marks. A really clean tight copy with a solid spine.

Seller: The Happy Booker, Carlow, IRL, Ireland

Greene, Graham (1904-1991). The lost childhood and other essays / by Graham Greene. London : Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$190.00 + shipping

Description: Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, [4], 13-191, [1] pages ; 23cm. Subjects: English literature -- History and criticism. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$195.03 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1951 Eyre & Spottiswoode Hardback 1st edition 1st impression. Very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ unclipped dustjacket

Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. LOST CHILDHOOD & OTHER ESSAYS. EYRE & SPOTTISWODE LONDON 1951, LONDON, 1951.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: SPINE OF JACKET SUNNED, SOME SPOTTING TO PAGE EDGES, LIGHT WEAR, OW VG/VG.

Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Greene, Graham. LOST CHILDHOOD & OTHER ESSAYS. EYRE & SPOTTISWODE LONDON 1951, LONDON, 1951.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: SPINE OF JACKET SUNNED, SOME SPOTTING TO PAGE EDGES, LIGHT WEAR, OW VG/VG.

Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

GREENE, Graham (1904-1991). The Lost Childhood. And other Essays. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951, 1951.

Price: US$227.53 + shipping

Description: [Literary Essays] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 191 [3]. Recent burgundy half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge burgundy. Slightly toned throughout. Very good. Greene's collection of literary essays about authors such as Henry James, the Young Dickens, John Buchan, Ford Madox Ford and Beatrix Potter.

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1951.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Printing. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, small closed tear, small chips.

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

GREENE GRAHAM. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$325.04 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. Publisher's oatmeal-coloured boards with gilt lettering to the spine, top edge tinted red. A clean and unmarked VG copy in like D/W with none of the usual fading to the fugitive red spine but with a triangular chip at the base of the spine removing the "&" of "Eyre &" and the "Woode" of "Spottiswoode" with some foxing to the back panel. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$383.55 + shipping

Description: The first edition of this collection of essays and reviews by Graham Greene, in the bright original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this collection, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Greene's collection includes seven autobiographical essays, and reviews of the works of authors, poets and artists.Greene provides his opinions on the work of Henry James, Ford Madox Ford, Beatrix Potter, Samuel Butler, Eric Gill, and many others. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, with light offsetting to front board. Sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with minor chipping to back strip head, and a significant closed tear to the tail of the front wrap. Minor light spotting to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Greene (Graham). The Lost Childhood. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$390.05 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. 8vo. Original pale cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d. A handsome first edition of this collection, in which Greene shares his love affair with reading in this collection of essays, memories, and critical considerations, both affectionate and tart. A very good copy; jacket a little rubbed at corners, light crease to head of lower panel, overall very good.

Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. THE LOST CHILDHOOD and other essays. Signed and Inscribed by Graham Greene. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$3750.00 + shipping

Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Lovely copy - Inscribed to friend, Christopher Sykes, Evelyn Waugh's Bibliographer. First edition in English. 8vo, pp. 191. Near fine or better in dust wrapper. Nicely inscribed by Greene on the front free endpaper: "To Christopher / with affection / Graham". A Greene collection of literary criticism. Excellent association.

Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada

Greene, Graham. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays.. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1951.

Price: US$6200.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of this collection of essays by Graham Greene, two of its four parts, Personal Prologue and Personal Postscript, comprise seven invaluable pieces of autobiography. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow writer Norman Douglas on the front free endpaper, "Dear Norman This with my love. Thank you so much for the nostalgic picture postcard. Catherine and I both miss you a great deal and our drinks at the Victoria. We hope to come and find you sitting there in June and I will bring with me your Chinese snuff box! Love Graham." With Norman Douglas's ownership stamp on the front pastedown. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A fine association linking these two great novelists and travel writers of the twentieth century. Norman Douglas is best known for his novel South Wind. However his travel books also combine erudition, insight, and some fine prose, which Greene drew upon for both his novels and travel books. These works include Siren Land (1911), Fountains in the Sand, described as 'rambles amongst the oases of Tunisia' (1912), Old Calabria (1915), Together (Austria) (1923) and Alone (Italy) (1921). In Michael Shelden’s biography of Greene The Man Within he paints a vivid account of Greene’s stay at Villa Rosaio in Anacapri, high above the Bay of Naples. It is, as Shelden points out, a difficult place to find and clearly an ideal retreat for a well known author like Greene. It was here that Greene struck up a close friendship with the author Norman Douglas, During the 1940s and 50s Greene and Douglas would often meet up and share dinners together and the two become close friends.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.