Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$8.92 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Publisher's original red cloth boards, faded gilt titles to spine. Boards beginning to come away from the book but are still attached. Pencil markings commensurate with use by actor preparing a role in the play.
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
Graham Greene Introduction By Peter Glenville. The Living Room. William Heinemann, 1953.
Price: US$9.30 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. William Heinemann . Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Red boards. Black titles. Protective cover. Ex library. Library sticker on front board. Boards marked. Slight edgewear. Spine worn. End pages discoloured. Some pages marked. 7x4.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The Living Room: A Play in Two Acts. William Heinemann, 1953.
Price: US$10.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Living Room: A Play in Two Acts by Graham Greene. 1963. Hardback. UK first edition, first printing. No Jacket. Included is a Wyndham's Theatre pamphlet of his play for 6D.
Seller: Hunt For Books, Blackburn, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham. The Living Room: A Play in Two Acts. William Heinemann, London, 1953.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later printing. Spine faded and worn and some faint foxing, else very good lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book is bound in red boards with bright silver letters on the spine. There is light wear on the spine tips & along the edges. The contents are clean, the binding is tight. States; "First published 1953". The dust jacket is price clipped, has wear on the spine tips & cover corners. The back cover is dirty.
Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada
Greene, Graham.. The Living Room.. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1953,1st ed., 1953.
Price: US$20.05 + shipping
Description: Hardcover and Dust Jacket ,19x12.5cm, 67 pages,DJ has some rubbing and edgewear, soiled rear d/j, 4cm tear and creases to area on front left corner of d/j, several closed edge tears, corners have small tears and bumps, front panel has a fold line, not price clipped.
Seller: Page After Page, Box Hill, VIC, Australia
Greene, Graham. The Living Room A Play in Two Acts. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1953.
Price: US$21.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: William Heinemann Ltd., (1953). First Edition, Second Impression. 8vo. 67pp. Red cloth, spine letters gilt, Blackwell's sticker on front pastedown, owner's name on ffep. Near fine in lightly worn and soiled, very good dj, price intact and "2nd impression" on front flap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 67 pages
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham. The Living Room. William Heinemann. Reprint, London, 1953.
Price: US$23.39 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A new arrival in a household and .; the author's first play. Good in dustwrapper.
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
Greene, Graham. The Living Room. William Heinemann, London, 1953.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 67 pages. Red cloth boards with gold lettering on the spine. Very minor wear to extremities. Unclipped pictorial dust jacket has no major tears or chips. Its only flaws are a grease stain on the back french flap and a bit on the back cover, as well as scuffing to back cover. Tight binding and square textblock. Lightly toned pages are clean and unmarked. Bookplate of previous owner on ffep, sticker from previous bookseller on paste-down. Remnants of grease stain from jacket on the top of the final few pages. Size: Small Octavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham. The Living Room. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1953.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Name on front endpaper. DJ has some rubbing and edgewear. ; 67 pages
Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham. The Living Room. William Heinemann, London, 1953.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth covered boards. A handsome near fine copy in dustwrapper of the author's first play. Second impression stated on the inside front flap of the photo-illustrated dustwrapper. With a neat handwritten name and date to the front endpaper.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham. The Living Room. Published by William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1953, 1953.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition/1st impression. 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 Living Room. A Play in Two Acts.. William Heinemann Ltd. London, 1953.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Description: William Heinemann Ltd., London. 1953. Third impression. Hardback with DW. Slim 8vo. Red gilt cloth boards are soiled along edges. Wrapper browned and shelf worn with some small closed tears. Page edges browned and slightly foxed. Contents nice and clean.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The Living Room: a Play in Two Acts. William Heinemann Ltd, Melbourne, 1953.
Price: US$56.54 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 18mo. Second Impression. Original jacket and red cloth boards with gilt title on spine. 67 p.p. Includes original cast for the play, which was produced by Peter Glenville, with scenery by Leslie Hurry, premiering at Wyndham's Theatre, London, on April 16, 1953. Jacket rubbed to covers, edges. Rear jacket soiled. Spine ends slightly bumped. Lettering faded on spine. Top edge worn. Clean interior. A very good copy.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Greene (Graham).. The Living Room; a play in two acts. William Heinemann Ltd,, 1953.
Price: US$60.61 + shipping
Description: Hinges weak, otherwise a nice copy in torn and partly defective dust-wrapper
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham.. The Living Room. A play in two acts.. , 1953.
Price: US$64.14 + shipping
Description: 67pp William Heinemann, London, 1953. 1st edition. Review slip loosely inserted. VG in sl. snagged DW
Seller: Anthony C. Hall, Bookseller ABA ILAB, Isleworth, MIDDX, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The Living Room. A Play in Two Acts.. William Heinemann, 1953.
Price: US$83.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edn. 8vo. orig. cl. v.g. in chipped and marked d/w.
Seller: Allsop Antiquarian Booksellers PBFA, Warwick, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham.. The Living Room A Play in Two Acts. William Heinemann, London, 1953.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Description: Very slight wear to cloth. Dj is a little worn, slightly discoloured, with some creasing and a few small tears along edges. Previous owner's name on fep.
Seller: Primrose Hill Books BA, London, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The Living Room. William Heinemann, London, 1953.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Clipped DJ in archival cover, chips and tears. Third printing.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
GREENE, Graham. THE LIVING ROOM. London: William Heinemann., 1953.
Price: US$96.21 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding firm, the spine rolled, the cloth and gilt remain bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is slightly faded to the red lettering on the spine and has a couple of very short closed tears to the edges. Not price clipped (7s 6d to the front flap). The author's first play. After premiering on 10 February 1953 at the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, the play transferred to the West End where it ran for 308 performances at Wyndham's Theatre (between 16 April 1953 and 9 January 1954). The November 1954 Broadway production was less successful, running for just 22 performances. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The Living Room. William Heinemann LTD, 1953, 1953.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Published in London by Heinemann in 1953. First British edition. Book very good, very slightly shelf-cocked, slight wear at spine ends and corners, very slight cracking along bond between front free end-paper and next page, miniscule dent near bottom of front. DJ good, with small pieces missing at spine ends, tiny pieces missing at corners, slight tearing and creasing along top of back, creasing at fore-edge of flaps, slight staining on back, slight fading on spine. DJ price reads "7s 6d."
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$109.03 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION: Octavo. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, neat ownership to flyleaf. Original pictorial dust jacket; lightly worn,with a few small chips. Now rather elusive. Graham Greene's first play, a melodrama. WOBBE, R.A, "Graham Greene - A Bibliography and Guide to Research", A29a.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The Living Room. A Play in Two Acts. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1953.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, first edition book in very good plus dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Internally clean and with snug text block. Dust jacket has minimal rubs at head of jacket spine. Back jacket panel has shelf-wear scuffs. Small booksellers label on lower edge of front inside jacket flap. Not price clipped. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK and Canada will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than the stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Graham Greene. The Living Room, A Play in Two Acts. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1953.
Price: US$151.37 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A first edition copy of this thrilling play by the award-winning English writer, Graham Greene. The first edition. In a cloth binding with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper, featuring a striking photograph by Angus McBean. 'The Living Room' is a thrilling play by the award-winning writer, Graham Greene. The play consists of two acts, each of which are set entirely in the living room of Rose Pemberton and her two elderly aunts and uncle. The story revolves around the introduction of Rose's new lover, Michael Dennis, to the family. Graham Greene is a renowned writer of both reputable Catholic novels and thrillers. He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature multiple times. He has also been awarded the Shakespeare Prize and the Jerusalem Prize. With a neat ink inscription from the previous owner to the front free endpaper. In the original cloth binding. Externally, excellent with little shelf wear. Ink signature of previous owner to the front free endpaper. The original unclipped dust wrapper is in a very smart condition. Slight shelf wear and some chipping to the spine. A few handling marks to the rear panel and front flyleaf. A closed tear to the upper front panel. Internally, firmly bound. The front blank is slightly strained but still firm. Pages very bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. THE LIVING ROOM: A Play in Two Acts. William Heinemann (1953), London, 1953.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Author's first play. Near fine in dust jacket with narrow chip at head of spine just touching the first letter in author's name and another at base of front panel not affecting any lettering but otherwise very good.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover bound in red cloth with gilt spine lettering, crisp bright and tight; dust jacket has the very mildest of edge rubs, is not price-clipped, and is protected in clear archival plastic cover
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
GREENE, Graham.. The Living Room A Play in Two Acts.. London William Heinemann Ltd, 1953.
Price: US$332.75 + shipping
Description: First edition; 8vo; internally pristine; publisher's red cloth, bump to lower, outer corner of upper cover, photographic dust-jacket featuring Dorothy Tutin and Eric Portman by Angus McBean on the upper panel, mildly rubbed, a few chips, otherwise very good. greene Graham Green's first stage play 'is deeply real.fierce and dramatically enthralling' (Daily Telegraph).
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Greene, Graham. The Living Room. William Heinemann, London, 1953.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 67 pages. First English edition, first printing. His first play. Originally presented on April 16th, 1953 at Wyndham's Theatre in London produced by Peter Glanville. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing to the corners. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Greene, Graham. The Living Room. William Heinemann, London, 1953.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. Stated first published 1953.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.