The Quiet American

by Graham Greene

£250 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: William Heinemann, 1955. Spy Novel LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo 20 x 14cm , pp. 10 247 3 . Elegantly hand-bound in blue half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, matching cloth-covered boards, sewn two-colour endbands. A lovely clean copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Greene's classic prophetic novel set in Vietnam, based on his experience as a war correspondent for The Times and Le Figaro in French

• Binding: Leather

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