Greene, Graham

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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Description

Greene, Graham
The Comedians. The Bodley Head, 1966
Paper

8vo, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY GREENE ("For David, in memory of | Havana, & in hope of other [?] | adventures, from Graham.") on title, half-title, original green cloth, titled in gilt on spine, top edge lilac, first issue dust-jacket (priced "25s"), collector's green cloth slipcase, dust-jacket lightly worn at extremities

Provenance

David Lewin (d.2012), presentation inscription and ownership signature dated January 1966, the month of publication

Literature

Wobbe A48a

Catalogue Note

INSCRIBED TO DAVID LEWIN, film critic and journalist for the Daily Express, Daily Mirror and Daily Star. Lewin interviewed Greene early in 1966 for the Mail.