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Greene, Graham.
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description
- Collection of 17 works, chiefly signed limited editions of his works, all intimately inscribed to his longtime companion Yvonne Cloetta
- PAPER
A Quick Look Behind. Los Angeles, 1983, special copy for Yvonne (out of a total edition of 330 copies), slipcase; The Return of A.J. Raffles. 1975, no.1 of 250 copies, inscribed both to Yvonne and her husband ("to | Yvonne with love, | and with gratitude for | all her work on | the French editions. | And to Jacques with | affection..."), autograph additions to the play by Greene on three pages, arising from the rehearsal period; Why the Epigraph? 1969, no.1 of 950 copies ("For Yvonne with 30 years | of love | from | Graham | Sep.11 '89"); A Visit to Morin. 1959, one of 250 copies , inscribed to Yvonne and her husband as a Christmas gift; The Revenge. 1963, one of 300 copies; Mr Visconti. 1969, one of 300 copies; A Wedding Among the Owls. 1977, ("For Yvonne who helped..."), one of 250 copies; How Father Quixote became a Monsignor. Los Angeles, 1980, one of 330 copies, of which this is a special presentation copy ("For Yvonne, who shares my love | for Leopoldo, his book with love. from Graham"), additional pencil note in the hand of Yvonne Cloetta loosely inserted, slipcase; The Great Jowett. 1981, no.1 of 525 copies; Yes and No and For Whom the Bell Chimes. 1983, no.2 of 750 copies; Yes and No. Helsinki, 1984, one of 12 additional copies for the author, out of an edition of 350 ("For Yvonne, who came to Leicester..."); The Monster of Capri, [Helsinki], 1985, one of 20 additional copies for the author, out of a total edition of 500, dedication copy, inscribed to author's grandchildren as well as Yvonne Cloetta; The Third Man. [Helsinki], 1988, one of 20 additional copies for the author, out of a total edition of 500; Reflections on Travels with My Aunt. New York, 1989, no. 50 of 250 copies--Connell, Mary. Help is on the Way. Foreword by Graham Greene. 1985 ("For Yvonne, the love of | my life, from Graham. | The 30th year approaching")--Allain, Marie-Francoise. ...One November day in 1980 the other Graham Greene burst through his shadow... 1983, one of 225 copies; together with the theatre programme for Greene's play The Return of A.J. Raffles (1975), inscribed to Yvonne by Greene and members of the RSC cast; original wrappers or cloth bindings, jackets where called for; 8vo (17)
Catalogue Note
A fine series of affectionate presentation copies over the several decades of Greene's close relationship with Yvonne Cloetta, the earliest inscription dating from the end of 1959 (in A Visit to Morin), the year in which they met in The Cameroons.