May 14, 2019 - Sale 2508

Sale 2508 - Lot 148

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
GREENE, GRAHAM. The Man Within. 8vo, publisher's black cloth, spine titles gilt, shelfwear to bottom edges of boards; dust jacket, spine panel and flap folds darkened, moderate dust soiling, short closed tears along top edge, shallow chip to spine panel ends; bottom-edge dampstain with narrow tidemark along blank margins of bulk of the contents. London: Heinemann, (1929)

Additional Details

first edition of greene's first novel in the fragile dust jacket. Unrestored example and scarce thus. With the first issue dust jacket priced 7/6, the front flap announcing this book, the rear flap advertising 'The Painted Face,' and the rear panel advertising three Heinemann publications. Wobbe A2a.