GREENE, Graham.. The Comedians.. The Bodley Head, London., 1966.

Price: US$1743.44 + shipping

Description: First edition. Octavo. 313 pages. A novel set in Haiti during the time of Papa Doc. The film starred Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Alec Guinness. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ''For Crich affectionately from Graham. Christmas 1965''. The recipient is the author's doctor, Thomas Crichlow, and the book is inscribed at least a month before the official publication date of 27th January 1966. Head of spine slightly bumped, otherwise fine in near-fine dustwrapper.

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

Greene, Graham. The Comedians.. The Bodley Head, London, 1966.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Description: First editionÂof this novel set inÂHaitiÂunder the rule ofÂ"Papa Doc" Duvalier, whichÂexplores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Clive from Graham Greene." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Ivan Lapper. Housed in a custom clamshell box. One of Greene's most chilling and prophetic novels, The Comedians is set in a Haiti ruled by Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police. Just as The Quiet American offered a preview of the coming horrors of American involvement in Vietnam, this novel presages the chaos in Haiti. "Graham Greene arouses responses of curiosity and attention comparable to those set up by Malraux. Faulkner and Hemingway" (New Statesman). It is the basis for the 1967 film starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Paul Ford and Lillian Gish.

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

Greene, Graham. The Comedians.. The Bodley Head, London, 1966.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Description: First editionÂof this novel set inÂHaitiÂunder the rule ofÂ"Papa Doc" Duvalier, whichÂexplores the political suppression and terrorism through the figure of an English hotel owner, Brown. Octavo, original green cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Charles from Graham Greene." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Ivan Lapper. One of Greene's most chilling and prophetic novels, The Comedians is set in a Haiti ruled by Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police. Just as The Quiet American offered a preview of the coming horrors of American involvement in Vietnam, this novel presages the chaos in Haiti. "Graham Greene arouses responses of curiosity and attention comparable to those set up by Malraux. Faulkner and Hemingway" (New Statesman). It is the basis for the 1967 film starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Paul Ford and Lillian Gish.

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