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Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann, 1948.

Price: US$2.58 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:

Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann LTD, 1948.

Price: US$4.28 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1948. Reprint. 297 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Heavy foxing and tanning to pages overall. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible staining and scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with minor crushing and fraying to edges. Book has a slight forward lean. Lettering remains bright and clear.

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

Graham Greene. The Heart Of The Matter. William Heinemann Ltd, 1948.

Price: US$4.52 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Reprint. General wear to boards. Content mainly clean with toning and light scuffing on the front pastedown. No DJ.

Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom

GREENE, GRAHAM. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann 1948, 1948.

Price: US$5.52 + shipping

Description: ex-library, hardback (VG-) lacks d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least 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 HEART OF THE MATTER. William Heinemann Ltd., 1948.

Price: US$8.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Publication of 297 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. The spine of the book is a little discolored. The pages are 'browned' on the first and last pages. The text is bright and clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann, London, 1948.

Price: US$9.02 + shipping

Description: Reprinted in year of publication. 297pp. Owner's name stamped on free fep.

Seller: PEND BOOKS, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. THE HEART OF THE MATTER. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1948.

Price: US$9.41 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Dj chipped at extremities, piece missing from top of dj spine.

Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann, 1948.

Price: US$12.87 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description:

Seller: Quality Books UK, Derby, DERBY, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter(Hardback,1948). William Heinemann, 1948.

Price: US$12.88 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene, 1948, Published by William Heinemann, Printed in Great Britain at the Windmill Press, Hardback,has some fading to covers and spine, All pages appear present, Pages are yellowing, On front cover fly-leaf page there is a Ex-Libris sticker for:D.M.Clapham,

Seller: Codex Books, York, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann Ltd., Melbourne, 1948.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Nice reading copy of this edition.

Seller: ProPen, Arcata, CA, U.S.A.

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann Ltd., 1948.

Price: US$19.95 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Copyright page does not state edition or printing. Likely 1st edition judging from date. Foxing (heavy) throughout the book. Yellowing to pages. Date written on inside front cover board. Otherwise in good condition. No writing or major blemishes.

Seller: True Oak Books, Highland, NY, U.S.A.

GREENE Graham. THE HEART OF THE MATTER. William Heinemann, 1948.

Price: US$23.10 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: RO60124966: 1948. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 297 pages. Tranche en tête rouge. Tampon en page de garde (ex-libris). Jaquette manquante. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France

Greene, Graham. The Heart of The Matter. William Heinemann Ltd, 1948.

Price: US$23.80 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1948. Hardcover. Good copy in good cloth covers. Light nicks and creases. Previous owners name to FFEP. Spine sunned, remains good. . . . .

Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland

Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann, Melbourne/London/Toronto, 1948.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: pp. 297. 8vo. Bound in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, age toning to pages. Dustjacket scuffed and heavily tattered to edges, now protected in plastic brodart sleeve; very good+ in fair dustjacket.

Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter.. William Heinemann, 1948.

Price: US$38.65 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1st edn. 8vo. orig. cl. Spine faded, occasional foxing, else good in very worn and torn d/w. with loss.

Seller: Allsop Antiquarian Booksellers PBFA, Warwick, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann, United Kingdom, 1948.

Price: US$54.11 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene, Hardcover, First UK Edition (1948). Book in good condition, but missing a dust jacket. The book has the previous owner's name, Rosemary Goad, to the inside front cover. This lady was the first female director of Faber & Faber, who worked with many famous authors including P. D. James, Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney. The book has a crease to the middle of the spine, spine bumping and ageing to the page ends. (See pictures). An early novel by this much acclaimed author of 'Brighton Rock'.

Seller: Ann's Old Town Books, Swindon, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann Ltd, Surrey, 1948.

Price: US$57.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: A first edition of the novel by Graham Greene. Greene draws on his experiences in Africa in this story of a man undergoing crises of duty, morals and faith. In a cloth binding. No dustcover. Externally, smart. Some rubbing to boards, particularly edges of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Previous owners bookplate to front free-endpaper. Pages generally bright and clean, though some scattered, light foxing. Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann, London, 1948.

Price: US$57.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: A first edition, first impression copy of this award-winning novel by Graham Greene. The personal copy of twentieth-century English socialite Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this novel by Graham Greene, recounting of a man's crisis of duty, morals and faith. The story was drawn upon the author's experiences as a British intelligence officer in Freetown, British Sierra Leone. An immensely popular publication, selling over three hundred thousand copies upon its release in the UK.Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1948, and ranked fortieth on the Modern Library's list of the 100 English-language novels of the 20th century.The personal copy of English socialite Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire. Audrey was also alleged to be the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII, although she was also rumoured to be his daughter, or the lover of King Edward VIII.This copy came from the sale of her home, Julians Park, Herefordshire. Audrey bought Julians Park in 1940 following her third marriage to the Hon Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. Her circle of friends included Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel and Nancy Mitford. She was featured in Cecil Beaton's 'Book of Beauty' and was regarded as one of the Bright Young Things. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, significant fading to the spine, and minor shelf wear. Gift inscription to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie to the front free-endpaper. A small faded stamp to the rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Slight discolouration to the top-edge, affecting the odd page, which are otherwise bright and clean. Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. The Book Society in association with William Heinemann, London, 1948.

Price: US$57.97 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1948. First Book Society edition, issued on first publication in association with William Heinemann. [vi], 297pp. This novel by Grahame Greene revolves around Major Henry Scobie who lives in a colony on the west coast of Africa during World War II, and is responsible for local security during wartime. Greene, who was a former British intelligence officer in Freetown, British Sierra Leone, draws on his experience there. Although Freetown is not mentioned in the novel, Greene confirms the location in his 1980 memoir, Ways of Escape. The book is bound in the original black cloth covered boards with silver titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good to very good condition with light bumping to the top corners and spine ends. There is a split of about 1/4" in the cloth on the bottom rear spine corner. The contents are tight and clean with foxing to the fore edge of the text block, and on some pages this has seeped a little way into the fore margin. Some glue staining from the binding of the book is visible down the spine gutter of the endpapers and there is a Book Society bookplate on the front free endpaper. The clipped dustwrapper has shelf wear and some soiling and the spine is very faded. Up to about 1/2" is missing from both spine ends and small pieces are missing from the corners. Pieces are also missing from the front and rear fore edges. The top rear spine edge has a tear of about 2 1/2" that later extends across the spine and there is a tear of about 1" with some surrounding creasing on the top front spine edge. These tears and a few other smaller tears have been repaired on the reverse with tape.

Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann, London, 1948.

Price: US$60.55 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first impression of Graham Greene's novel detailing a moral crisis for Henry Scobie. The first edition of this novel by Graham Greene, recounting of a man's crisis of duty, morals and faith. The story was drawn upon the author's experiences as a British intelligence officer in Freetown, British Sierra Leone. An immensely popular publication, selling over three hundred thousand copies upon its release in the UK.Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1948, and ranked fortieth on the Modern Library's list of the 100 English-language novels of the 20th century. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The spine is slightly creased vertically, as common. Inscribed both to the front pastedown and to the front free endpaper, dated 1948. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann, 1948.

Price: US$83.74 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 'The Heart of the Matter' by Graham Greene. William Heinemann 1948 first edition. Small inscription. Foxing to the page edges and some page tanning. VG in unclipped dust jacket with edge fraying, tears and some internal strengthening.

Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann, Ltd., Melbourne, London, Toronto, 1948.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A very good plus first edition. Missing dust jacket. Blue cloth binding with silver title stamping. Dust marks to page edges, top edge painted orange. Endpapers toned, minor foxing. Tiny "Times Book Club" ink stamp on rear pastedown. 297 pp. 5 x 7&1/2 inches tall, twelvemo. "The Heart of the Matter, novel by Graham Greene, published in 1948. The work is considered by some critics to be part of a "Catholic trilogy" that included Greene’s Brighton Rock (1938) and The Power and the Glory (1940).The novel is set during World War II in a bleak area of West Africa and concerns the moral dilemmas facing Scobie, an honourable and decent deputy commissioner of police who is torn between compassion for his wife, Louise, and love and pity for Helen, a young widow with whom he has an affair. Scobie gradually loses control of his life. Racked with guilt and self-loathing over his role in the accidental death of his loyal servant, Scobie plans to commit suicide. Fearing that knowledge of this mortal sin will cause pain to his wife and others, he attempts to disguise his suicide as death by natural causes." - Britannica

Seller: Uncommon Works, Gridley, CA, U.S.A.

GREENE GRAHAM. THE HEART OF THE MATTER. WILLIAM HEINEMANN & THE BOOK SOCIETY LTD, 1948.

Price: US$93.92 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: RO60060441: 1948. In-12. Cartonné. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos fané, Quelques rousseurs. 297 pages. 1 ère édition. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France

GREENE, Graham. The heart of the matter. William Heinemann, 1948.

Price: US$98.48 + shipping

Description: 1st edition, 1st issue. Dark blue cloth with silver lettering on spine. Slight shelf-wear at foot of spine; some bleeding from red stain on top fore-edge, & some loss of colour to stain. dust jacket worn & creased at edges, with some chipping, not price-clipped, priced at 9s 6d, with Book Society Choice on inside flap& protected in removable clear film Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

GREENE, GRAHAM:. The Heart of the Matter. London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1948 1st edition, 1948.

Price: US$99.20 + shipping

Description: Hardback. Approx 7.5 x 5 inches. Bound in navy blue cloth, with silver lettering to spine and blind embossed Heinemann logo to rear corner. Light brown endpapers. Top page edges red. In original illustrated dustwrapper. In good condition with generally good dustwrapper (DW edges slightly rubbed, with a few small chips, slightly darkened on rear, Not price clipped, in protective sleeve.) Some rubbing to corners of cloth. A few odd foxing spots to pages but mostly to outer page edges. Else inside pages clean and tight throughout. 297pp.

Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom

Greene Graham. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann, London, 1948.

Price: US$99.44 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: William Heinemann, London, 1948. First edition book with no dust jacket. 297pp., Previous owner's name on first page. Aged book but all pages intact. 12.5 x 18.5 cms. Blue boards with some bumping to corners. Silver lettering on spine. Shipping weight 270 gr. Greene's main character Scobie, has good intentions but is doomed by his sense of (over) pity as distinct from compassion. The author explores the idea that pity can also be the expression of an almost monstrous pride.

Seller: finestfinds.ch, Geneva, Switzerland

Greene, Graham. The heart of the matter. William Heinemann, Melbourne, 1948.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First published, may 1948. Reprinted june (twice), september, november 1948. Encuadernación en tapa dura original. Buen estado. Pequeñas manchas de óxido en el reverso de las tapas y en las 2 ó 3 primeras y últimas páginas. 12x18

Seller: El Galeón-Roberto Cataldo, Montevideo, Uruguay

GRAHAM GREENE. THE HEART OF THE MATTER. WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD, MELBOURNE : LONDON : TORONTO., 1948.

Price: US$128.83 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Graham Green , wrote this book just after the war,the background of the story is drawn from the part of West Africa which he had personal experience .but he wanted to make clear that nobody past or present of that particular colony appears in the book. 12mo, pP[6], 297 [1] First Edition original blue cloth boards bottom corner bumped on front. title in silver lettering on spine.Browning to front and rear paste down and free end papers. Front free has previous owners signature and date . Fore edge is foxed , Dust Jacket has been repaired and has a certain amount of shelf wear .But on the whole the book is good.

Seller: Highstreet Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, United Kingdom

Greene Graham. The Heart of The Matter. First Thus. London. William Heinemann/The Book Society, 1948.

Price: US$161.03 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London. William Heinemann/The Book Society. 1948. Recto of title page states 'This Edition issued on first publication by The Book Society Ltd in association with William Heinemann May 1948'. The Society is a club for professionals in the book trade, publishers, booksellers, literary agents, librarians and authors. Membership is exclusively by invitation from the Society s committee. Publisher's original dark blue cloth with a tiny amount of softening and discolouration to the spine ends. Bright gilt titles to the spine panel. Internally clean with a former owner name JW Whyte Smith to the front free endpaper. No other marks. The contents are clean throughout. The text block edge is, as usual, a little tanned, due to the poor quality of post-war paper used. Text block clean and binding tight. Top edge stained red. The dust wrapper is unclipped (9s6d) and has wider flaps than standard. The white portions of the jacket are a little grubby. There is is a small portion of loss at each spine end; one closed tear from the head down with a little scuffing. There is another invisible closed tear at the junction at the top of the rear flap and wrapper. The spine is sunned obscuring titles. Despite these defects, the book is protected and presents as an attractive copy.

Seller: Libris Books, Bristol, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1948.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Octavo, black cloth lettered in silver; slightly rubbed. First edition. From the library of Rosamond Gilder, with her ownership signature on the front endpaper. The daughter of Richard Watson Gilder, the iconic editor of "Century Magazine," Rosamond was president of the International Theater Institute, a worldwide organization with 65 national centers, whose co-founders included J. B. Priestley, Julian Huxley, Tyrone Guthrie, Jean-Louis Barrault and Lillian Hellman. A wonderful association copy.

Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.

Graham Greene. The heart Of The Matter. William Heinemann, 1948.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: DJ Good with some losses. Cover, binding, text all VG.Owner's signature on frontis

Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann, London, 1948.

Price: US$219.00 + shipping

Description: The first edition of this immensely popular novel from Graham Greene. The first edition, first impression of this work, which sold over three hundred thousand copies upon its UK release, and won the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.This work from prominent twentieth century English novelist Graham Greene details the life changing moral crisis of Henry Scobie, drawing upon Greene's own experiences as a British intelligence officer in Sierra Leone. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Light rubbing to back strip head and tail and joints, otherwise externally excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. Melbourne,1948. First Edition. William Heinemann Ltd., Melbourne London Toronto, 1948.

Price: US$265.17 + shipping

Description: [6], 297 p, 8°, original blue cloth, no Jacket, little rubbed,near fine. He was the winner in 1948 of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Graham Greene (1904 -1991).

Seller: Meiwes, Stuttgart, Germany

GRAHAM GREENE. THE HEART OF THE MATTER. 1st ed.. William Heinemann, 1948, 1948.

Price: US$290.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: THE HEART OF THE MATTER. 1st ed. London: William Heinemann, 1948, 1948. novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.297. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine, with out D/J This is the Heinemann First Edition from 1948.The novel won the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and was ranked 40th on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, in 1998.NICE BOOK -col3 pq2°

Seller: DEL SUBURBIO LIBROS- VENTA PARTICULAR, C.AB.A, CAP, Argentina

Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann Ltd., 1948.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Unclipped DJ in archival cover, chips, edge wear. Original blue cloth with silver titles, in red DJ lettered in white with red topstain.

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

Graham Greene. The Heart of the Matter A Novel. William Heinemann, London, 1948.

Price: US$354.27 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A first edition copy of this award winning novel by leading 20th century author, Graham Greene. With the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The Heart of the Matter' draws on Greene's own experiences as a British intelligence officer in Freetown, British Sierra Leone. An award winning novel, this work won the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.Graham Greene was a leading 20th century novelist. He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for Literature twice and wrote over 25 novels total. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Small tidemark to the bottom of front and rear board. Dustwrapper is sound. Sunning to the spine. Tidemark to the wrap, to the bottom of the spine and to the rear wrap. Tidemarks to the flyleafs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with just the odd spots to pages. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham.. The Heart of the Matter.. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1948.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Impression. Near Fine in dull iron blue-grey cloth stamped in silver at spine, in a Very Good blood red dustwrapper, not price-clipped, faded at spine panel, with small loss at points, spine-ends. Endpapers toned from oxidation, and fore- and bottom edges of textblock spotty--otherwise clean and unmarked. 297pp. A scarce book in jacket. Q07269

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Greene, Graham. THE HEART OF THE MATTER. William Heinemann (1948), London, 1948.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Based on Greene's own experience as a British intelligence officer in West Africa. Rated among the top 100 English-language novels by both the Modern Library and Time Magazine and basis for the 1953 movie starring Trevor Howard. Endpapers and adjacent pages darkened including the half-title as generally seen otherwise bright and near fine in about very good dust jacket with some general soiling, moderate edge wear and spine slightly toned.

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

GREENE, Graham.. The Heart of the Matter. A Novel.. London: William Heinemann, 1948, 1948.

Price: US$837.37 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo. Original dark blue cloth, titles to spine in silver, top edge dyed red. With dust jacket. Lightly rubbed at extremities, spine creased and rolled, half-title tanned. An excellent copy in the rubbed and chipped jacket with some closed tears.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

Greene Graham. THE HEART OF THE MATTER. London William Heinemann Ltd 1948, 1948.

Price: US$874.50 + shipping

Description: First Edition. 8vo, publisher’s original blue cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, in the dustjacket. 297 pp. A very good copy with minor wear to the cloth and some edgewear to the dustjacket. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF GREENE'S CLASSIC NOVELS ADAPTED INTO A MOVIE (1953) DIRECTED BY GEORGE MORE O'FERRALL. Anthony Burgess wrote that Graham Green's, ".ability to encapsulate the essence of an exotic setting in a single book is exemplified in the Heart of the Matter". In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The heart of the Matter 40th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.

Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.

GREENE, Graham.. The Heart of The Matter.. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1948, 1948.

Price: US$1932.39 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression, rare in such excellent condition. Greene considered this book his most serious work to date. It was enormously popular and "brought him more money than all his previous entertainments combined" (ODNB). The Heart of the Matter is set in wartime Sierra Leone, where Green had worked as an intelligence officer in the early 1940s. Miller 25a. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, top edge red, tan endpapers. With dust jacket. Slight vertical crease to spine, half-title toned, a few spots of foxing to edges and endmatter; spine panel faintly sunned, two small tape repairs on verso, a few small chips and nicks, rear panel soiled, unclipped; near-fine in very good jacket.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham. [Signed] The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann Ltd. and The Book Society Ltd. May 1948, London, 1948.

Price: US$6500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo. 297 pp. Text block and book itself without condition issues. DJ with shelf wear along edges, minor chipping and/or tiny closed tearing -- see photos. Neat triangular cut-out of lower corner, front inner fold -- price clipping. Still a handsomely preserved DJ overall.

Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.