GREENE, Graham (Editor). The Old School. Essays by Divers Hands. London: Jonathan Cape (1934)., 1934.

Price: US$77.30 + shipping

Description: First edition, 8vo, 256 pp. Some light foxing. Original black cloth, a few marks. Including pieces by W.H. Auden, H.E. Bates, Elizabeth Bowen, Anthony Powell and Stephen Spender as well as Greene himself.

Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom

Anthony Powell, W. H.Auden, H. E.Bates, Stephen Spender, Elizabeth Bowen, Walter Greenwood, L. P.Hartley, William Plomer, Derek Verschoyle, Antonia White (Contributors) - Graham Greene (Edited by with a contribution). THE OLD SCHOOL - Essays by Divers Hands (First edition - first impression). Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square, London, 1934.

Price: US$83.74 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First impression of the true first edition. With a two-page preface by Graham Greene, and contributions by Anthony Powell, W.H.Auden, H.E.Bates, Stephen Spender, Elizabeth Bowen, Walter Greenwood, L.P.Hartley, William Plomer, Derek Verschoyle, Antonia White, and Greene himself (a ten-page essay, 'The Last Word', about his Berkhamsted schooling). ***A very good copy in black cloth-covered boards with blue titles to the spine. The boards are quite clean with just some light marks commensurate with age and handling. Some fraying to the cloth at the top of the spine. No other tears or creasing. No bumps. Corners slightly rubbed and softened. There is a slight forward reading lean to the binding. No reading creases to the spine. Page block edges clean without any foxing. Internally the book is also very good, with no ownership inscriptions, but with an attractive decorative period - 'Great School Library' - bookplate to the front pastedown. There is slight browning to the front pastedown, but the interior pages are nice and clean, without any foxing. No creases or tears. No dustwrapper. ***205mm x 145mm. 256 pages. ***'I regard this book rather as a premature memorial, like a family photograph album, a gathering of the staid and unloved hovering, in the most absurd headgear, unconsciously "upon the brink" and occasionally among them, in a deerstalker cap or hobble skirt, somebody who has betrayed one's natural distrust of human nature, somebody one has loved and will miss. Like the family album, this book will, I hope, be superficially more funny than tragic, for so odd a system of education does not demand a pompous memorial.' (Quote taken from the Editor's Preface) ***First impression of the true first edition of this pre-war Graham Greene. The first book edited by Greene, of which 1,517 copies were printed (Wobbe A7) and uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom

GRAHAM GREENE.. The Old School. Essays by Divers Hands. Edited by Graham Greene.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1934.

Price: US$96.62 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition (first printing) of this anthology of eighteen accounts of public schooling. 8vo. 256pp. Black cloth lettered in blue at the spine and upper board. Edges lightly spotted, with a touch of marking to the cloth. A dash of spotting to the title page, and with some further occasional mostly marginal spotting. Contemporary date inked to the head of the front free endpaper, beneath a small area of Tip-Ex'd erasure. Very good but lacking the fugitive dust wrapper. A two-page preface by the editor precedes contributions by Anthony Powell, W.H.Auden, H.E.Bates, Stephen Spender, Elizabeth Bowen, Walter Greenwood, L.P.Hartley, William Plomer, Derek Verschoyle, Antonia White, and Greene himself (a ten-page essay, 'The Last Word', about his Berkhamsted schooling). The first book edited by Greene, of which 1,517 copies were printed. Wobbe A7.

Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham [ed.] / Auden, W. H. / Bowen, Elizabeth / Hartley, L. P. [et al.]. The Old school : essays by divers hands / edited by Graham Greene. London : Cape, 1934.

Price: US$215.45 + shipping

Description: Provenance: John Garnett's copy with his signature to the front pastedown and his handwritten notes to the contents page and the rear endpapers. Good copy bound in the original title-blocked cloth. Some water damage evident to boards, with slight warping to boards evident as a result. This has also resulted in some light water staining evident to the prelims. and the first 15 or so pages. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; 256p. 21cm. Subjects: Authors, English -- Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Education -- Public Schools -- Biography -- Essays -- Memoirs. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Greene, Graham [ed.] / Auden, W. H. / Bowen, Elizabeth / Hartley, L. P. [et al.]. The Old school : essays by divers hands / edited by Graham Greene. London : Cape, 1934.

Price: US$244.00 + shipping

Description: Provenance: John Garnett's copy with his signature to the front pastedown and his handwritten notes to the contents page and the rear endpapers. Good copy bound in the original title-blocked cloth. Some water damage evident to boards, with slight warping to boards evident as a result. This has also resulted in some light water staining evident to the prelims. and the first 15 or so pages. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; 256p. 21cm. Subjects: Authors, English -- Authors, Irish -- 20th century -- Education -- Public Schools -- Biography -- Essays -- Memoirs. 1 Kg.

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