Brighton Rock
by Greene, Graham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good++
- Seller
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The First UK printing published by Heinemann, London in 1938. The BOOK is in very Good++ or better condition and remains a very bright copy. Just a hint of fading and toning to the publisher's original red cloth. The gilt titling remains bright. Slight pushing at the spine tips. The usually encountered (due to the quality of the paper stock used) toning to the text-block, which is more irregular to the upper text-block. Toning to the end-papers and extreme pages. Free from inscriptions and erasures with the neat bookplate of the noted bibliophile H. Bradley Martin to the front pastedown. Protected in a loose Mylar archival cover and housed in a custom solander box, with red velvet inserts, gilt titling and a red silk tie. No wrapper. Originally published in the USA as 'Brighton Rock, An Entertainment', one month prior to the UK edition. Brighton Rock is Greene's 'most successful attempt to create a work that is as fast-paced as a thriller and as complex as a more leisurely character study' (ODNB). Miller 17b. Memorably adapted in 1947 as a British gangster film noir directed by John Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough as the violent gang leader Pinkie Brown. A very nice example and increasingly elusive with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Synopsis
GRAHAM GREENE was born in Hertfordshire in 1904. While at Balliol College, Oxford he published his first book of verse. He continued to write throughout his lifetime, and served with the Secret Intelligence Service during the Second World War. He died in 1991.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2222322244722
- Title
- Brighton Rock
- Author
- Greene, Graham
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann, London
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Attenborough, Brighton, Greene, Movie
Terms of Sale
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
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About the Seller
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
Biblio member since 2015
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
About Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
We trade as a family-run internet business in Market Harborough in the heart of the Midlands. We have over 10 years experience of collecting and selling a range of genres, specialising in iconic modern fiction and children's titles. Please feel free to browse our website: www.ashtonrarebooks.com. All items are fully described and if any reasonable discrepancy is noted on arrival to the customer, a full refund including payment for return to us will be made. Items over £250 may be paid for in instalments subject to agreement- however, all books remain the property of Ashton Rare Books until the full balance has been paid. Please contact us at : les@ashtonrarebooks.com if you are looking for a particular title or require further assistance.We are full members of the PBFA, ABA and ILAB.
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