L12404

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Lot 89
  • 89

Greene, Graham.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Collection of 43 French and other editions, many inscribed by Greene to his mistress and longtime companion Yvonne Cloetta, including two dedication copies, with 43 others:
  • ink on paper
Voyages avec ma Tante. 1970, one of 40 copies, the dedication copy; Le Facteur Humain. 1978, one of 5 copies hors commerce; Le Consul Honoraire. 1973, one of 490 copies (this one out of series); Les Chemins de l'evasion. 1980, one of 20 copies (out of series); another copy; Monsignor Quichotte. 1982, one of 5 copies hors commerce; Dr Fischer de Genève. 1980, one of 5 copies hors commere; A la rencontre du général. 1984, hors commerce copy; Le Dixième homme. 1985, one of 20 copies; Le Capitaine et l'ennemi. 1989, the dedication copy; many inscribed with profound thanks for her help on the translations ("For Yvonne, who helped so much with the translation..." etc) or otherwise with intimate inscriptions ("For Yvonne with love, a special copy. Graham" etc), all Paris: Éditions Robert Lafont, some partly unopened, original paper covers, most with original glassine; Notre Agent a la Havane (Our Man in Havana). 1959 ("For Yvonne Cloetta, | a souvenir of our meeting in | Doula, | from Graham Greene. | Paris. April 22. 1959"); La Fin d'une Liaison (The End of the Affair). 1951 ("To Yvonne, after a delightful evening | with .... in Paris | from Graham"); Romans. 1960 ("For Yvonne, | in hope of another meeting in Douala, | from Graham Greene. | Paris, June 19."); Voyages avec ma Tante. 1970, dedication copy; Voyage sans Cartes. n.d. (For Yvonne with love | from Graham. | You must have bought it eight years | before we met by chance in Douala"); A La Recherche d'un Personnage. 1961 ("For Yvonne with love | from Graham -- a book | written on the way to Douala"); Routes sans Lois. 1959; Essais Catholiques. 1953; L'Homme et lui-même (The Man Within), 1988 ("For Y. The first novel | of 1929 -- not a good | one - with love from | Graham"); Living-Room. 1954; The Capitaine et l'Ennemi. 1988, dedication copy ("For Yvonne with all the love | of 30 years | from | Graham"); and seven others inscribed to Yvonne; chiefly Paris editions; together with 43 others, original bindings, some wrappers torn or detached; 8vo (86)

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