V. S. Pritchett. Why Do I Write? An Exchange of Views between Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, V. S. Pritchett. Percival Marshall, London, 1948.

Price: US$21.00 + shipping

Description: G/fair, well worn DJ, text solid. Stated first edition. . FER; 25408

Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.

Pritchett, V. S.. Why Do I Write? : An Exchange of Views Between Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene and V. S. Pritchett. Percival Marshall,, 1948.

Price: US$43.47 + shipping

Description: Hardback. A colelction of seven letters. Two letters from V. S. Pritchett to Elizabeth Bowen, and one from Pritchett to Graham Greene. One Letter from Elizabeth Bowen to Graham Greene and one to Pritchett. One letter each to Pritchett and Bowen from Greene. Preface by V. S. Pritchett. An uncommon title. Printed papers to boards are little tanned to edges bur generally clean and the boards are neat. Faded to spine which is complete but has some short splits to joints. A good deal of annotation in pencil (looks like code or a maths puzzle) to the endpaper only. text is clean. Binding is sound. Good copy

Seller: C L Hawley (PBFA), Skipton, YORKS, United Kingdom

Bowen, Elizabeth; Greene, Graham & Pritchett, V. S.:. Why Do I Write? An Exchange Of Views Between .. Percival Marshall, London, 1948 (1st edition)., 1948.

Price: US$129.36 + shipping

Description: 58pp. Preface by V. S. Pritchett. Decorative paper covered boards, corners and edges little bumped and browned, paper slightly crinkled. Dust jacket soiled and edge worn, spine browned. Small portions missing from front panel and from top and bottom of spine (lettering still intact). Front fold torn. Contents clean. 22x13cms.

Seller: Jane & John Kinnaird, Carlisle, United Kingdom

Greene, Graham; Bowen, Elizabeth; Pritchett, V.S.. Why Do I write?; An exchange of views between Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene and V.S. Pritchett. Percival Marshall, 1948.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Publishers red and white decorated boards with red titles to spine, light wear. Stated first edition.

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

GREENE, Graham. WHY DO I WRITE? An Exchange of Views Between Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene and V.S. Pritchett, with a Preface by V.S. Pritchett. Percival Marshall, 1948.

Price: US$178.52 + shipping

Description: First edition. Slim 8vo. Decorative paper covered boards, in printed dustwrapper. A very good copy with some toning to top edge and base of spine, in a good only (price-clipped) dustwrapper, with chips and wear and a split along much of the front joint.

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

BOWEN, ELIZABETH & GREENE, GRAHAM & PRITCHETT, V.S.. Why Do I Write. London, Percival Marshall, 1948, 1948.

Price: US$282.53 + shipping

Description: 1st ed. VG in VG DJ with 2 1/2 inch chip to top right of front panel obscuring "?" in title. Half inch closed tear on top of front panel. Slightly rubbed and discoloured on front and back panels. Only 1300 copies printed and subsequently scarce.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

GREENE, Graham; Elizabeth Bowen.. Why Do I Write. An exchange of views. With a preface by V. S. Pritchett.. London: Percival Marshall, 1948, 1948.

Price: US$646.81 + shipping

Description: First edition, sole printing, inscribed by Greene on the front free endpaper: "With all good wishes for Christmas from Graham Greene". The volume comprises seven letters between Greene, Bowen, and Pritchett on the subject of how writers live and their thoughts as they go about their work. Octavo. Original patterned boards, spine lettered in pink. With dust jacket. Spot of wear to lower outer corner, spine slightly soiled and bumped, ghosts of tape marks to front free endpaper; jacket spine faded, extremities creased and nicked, unclipped: a very good copy in like jacket.

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