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New York : Viking Press, 1961. First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 248 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Fiction in English 1900-1945. English literature. Drama.

London : Heinemann, 1961. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 256 pages; Description: 256p. 20cm. Subjects: Lepers - Congo (Democratic Republic) - Fiction. Congo (Democratic Republic) - Fiction. Modern fiction. Summary: Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art of pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation. However, as Querry loses himself in work for the lepers his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure. Then the white community finds out who Querry is...

London : Heinemann, 1961. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, not price-clipped, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 256 pages; Description: 256p. 20cm. Subjects: Lepers - Congo (Democratic Republic) - Fiction. Congo (Democratic Republic) - Fiction. Modern fiction. Summary: Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art of pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation. However, as Querry loses himself in work for the lepers his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure. Then the white community finds out who Querry is...

London: Heinemann, , 1961. Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket). Molto buono (Very Good). . 8vo. pp. 256. Molto buono (Very Good). Prima edizione (First Edition).

London: William Heineman, 1961. [Modern Literature] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 256. Publisher's black cloth with titles in silver to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by Lacey Everett, priced at 16s. Very mild toning and spotting to edges and endpapers, otherwise a lovely crisp, clean copy. Jacket shows light rubbing only, with some toning to spine and some spotting to rear panel. Near fine. Greene's acclaimed novel set in the Belgian Congo, first published in Sweden in 1960. His previous novel 'Our Man In Havana', had impressed author friend Ian Fleming, who wrote an article about it for the Sunday Times and discussed the film adaptation on BBC radio. The rear of the dust-jacket of Greene's next book, 'A Burnt-Out Case', reprints part of Fleming's favourable book review [Gilbert D12]. Wobbe, R.A., 'Graham Greene: A Bibliography and Guide to Research' (New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1979), A41a. Gilbert D12.

London : Heinemann , 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 256 pages; 21 cm. Subjects: Greene, Graham. 1900-1999. Fiction in English. Religion; Fiction. Leprosy; Fiction. Leprosy Patients Congo (Democratic Republic); Fiction. British Africa 20th century fiction. Priests Africa 20th century fiction. Physicians Africa 20th century fiction. Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 English literature 1945- Individual works. Fiction in English 1900-1945 Texts. Genre: Fiction. Novels. Psychological fiction. Religious fiction.

London: William Heineman, 1961. [Modern Literature] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 256. Publisher's black cloth with titles in silver to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Lacey Everett. Some tiny spots to fore edge else a fine book in a bright, near fine, price-clipped jacket. Greene's acclaimed novel set in the Belgian Congo, first published in Sweden in 1960. His previous novel 'Our Man In Havana', had impressed author friend Ian Fleming, who wrote an article about it for the Sunday Times and discussed the film adaptation on BBC radio. The rear of the dust-jacket of Greene's next book, 'A Burnt-Out Case', reprints part of Fleming's favourable book review [Gilbert D12]. Wobbe, R.A., 'Graham Greene: A Bibliography and Guide to Research' (New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1979), A41a. Gilbert D12.

London: Heinemann and The Bodley Head, 1969-1982. [Modern Literature] THE COLLECTED EDITION. First editions thus, complete as published in 22 volumes and additionally with the volume of essays published in 1969. All volumes are first printings of the collected edition and include a new introduction by the author. Publishers' bright green cloth with titles in gilt to spines, various topstains (some are not tinted); in the original typographic dust-jackets designed by Michael Harvey. No inscriptions, none are price clipped, some light uniform toning to spines. Generally near fine set; uncommon to find complete and in such bright condition.