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Graham Greene. The Return of A. J. Raffles. The Bodley Head, 1975.
Price: US$251.89 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited edition, no, 93 of 250. A fine copy in publishers boards, complete in a very good jacket. Jacket with small tears to edges and slight fading to spine.
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
GREENE, Graham (1904-1991). The Return of A. J. Raffles [Signed]. Bodley Head, London, 1975.
Price: US$274.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: No. 132 of 250 signed limited-edition copies bound in boards (of which only 170 were for sale); the first trade edition was issued as a paperback original. Small, slim 8vo (189 x 113mm): 80pp. Publisher's copper-colored paper over boards, spine lettered in gold, tan end papers; copper dust jacket (unpriced) printed in brown. A very fine copy (pristine and apparently unread) in a Fine Jacket. Not in Wobbe (see A62a for the paperbound issue). Miller 56. An Edwardian comedy in three acts, which opened at the Aldwych Theatre, in London, on December 4, 1975. Set in the late summer of 1900, it centers on the infamous gentleman burglar and cricketer, A. J. Rafflesâ"presumed dead in the Boer Warâ"who returns to Albany where, with his friend Lord Alfred Douglas, he plots to rob the Marquess of Queensberry. Raffles was the creation of E. W. Hornung, who was brother-in-law to Arthur Conan Doyle, and Raffles was one of the chief rivals of Sherlock Holmes. The idea for the play, Greene said, occurred after seeing the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Sherlock Holmes. "For Greene, who [was] an expert on Victorian and Edwardian Crime Fiction, . . . Raffles seems almost natural subject matter." (Wobbe) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp 79. Limited edition , numbered 196 of 250 printed. Signed on the Number page by the author. Original publisher's tan cloth , in tan dust jacket. Faint bump at the rear edge otherwise near fine in near fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
Seller: Nicola Wagner, aptos, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$322.94 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION : ONE OF ONLY 250 COPIES : numbered 134 to the limitation page, original boards, spine gilt, dust-jacket. Both the book and the dust jacket are fine, in clean, bright fresh condition, no bumps or fading. 79, [1] pages
Seller: BiblioFile, Cadole, FLINT, United Kingdom
Price: US$355.23 + shipping
Description: First edition, number 143 of 250 copies specially bound in boards and signed by the author. Original orange paper boards with gilt lettering in spine in an orange dustwrapper. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with a hint of fading to the spine and slight wear to the head of the spine.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$355.23 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. 80 pages.One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author; this is also the only hardbound issue.Fine in fine dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED LIMITED edition of this Edwardian comedic play, #178 of 250 copies. Beautiful copy, fine in fine dw, SIGNED by Greene on the limitation page.
Seller: Tom Davidson, Bookseller, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$387.53 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Dust jacket: Light crease to edge of front flap. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Near Fine. Book: First printing. Limited edition, number 97 of 250 copies (only 170 were for sale). Signed by Graham Greene to limitation page. Orange paper covered boards with orange dyed top page edge. First class condition throughout. Overall book condition is Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 0370106059. Size: 4.75 x 7.75 inches (12 x 19.5 cm).
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom
Price: US$387.53 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Dust jacket: Very light scuff to front cover. Very slight fading to spine. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Near Fine. Book: First printing. Limited edition, number 137 of 250 copies (only 170 were for sale). Signed by Graham Greene to limitation page. Orange paper covered boards with orange dyed top page edge. First class condition throughout. Overall book condition is Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 0370106059. Size: 4.75 x 7.75 inches (12 x 19.5 cm).
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom
Price: US$387.53 + shipping
Description: First edition, limited issue, number 233 of 250 copies signed by the author, of which only copies numbered 81 to 250 were for sale. The play was first staged in London at the Aldwych Theatre on 4 December 1975, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Miller 56. Octavo. Original orange paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge orange. With dust jacket. Spine panel of jacket slightly faded, short closed tear at end of rear flap fold: a near-fine copy in like jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$510.24 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper; terracotta cloth, gilt back, beige endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 5).
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, no. 58 of 250 copies signed by the author (only nos. 81-250 were offered for sale). 79, [1] pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Nice copy of this late Greene whimsy, from the sequence of copies for presentation, with a loosely inserted Typed Letter from Greene (dictated; signed by secretary), 14 January 1976, to Thomas McDade (author of The Annals of Murder), disussing the idea of an inexpensive reprint of Glover-Greene, and conveying this copy of "my play about Raffles which the Royal Shakespeare have been performing". Orange boards. Fine in printed dust jacket First edition, no. 58 of 250 copies signed by the author (only nos. 81-250 were offered for sale).
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.