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The Third Man
by Greene, Graham
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670700835
- ISBN 13
- 9780670700837
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. (Precedes the British edition.) 157 pp. Bound in publisher's original grey cloth with red backstrip lettered in black. Very Good with bumped corners, former owner's name on front free endpaper, rubbing to edges of cloth, small stain on half title page. In Good price-clipped dust jacket with closed tear to front panel, sunned spine panel, split starting along spine/ back panel fold, light soiling and edge wear. Greene's novelization of his own screenplay for the 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed.
Synopsis
Rollo Martins' usual line is the writing of cheap paperback Westerns under the name of Buck Dexter. But when his old friend Harry Lime invites him to Vienna, he jumps at the chance. With exactly five pounds in his pocket, he arrives only just in time to make it to his friend's funeral. The victim of an apparently banal street accident, the late Mr. Lime, it seems, had been the focus of a criminal investigation, suspected of nothing less than being "the worst racketeer who ever made a dirty living in this city." Martins is determined to clear his friend's name, and begins an investigation of his own...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140907134
- Title
- The Third Man
- Author
- Greene, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670700835
- ISBN 13
- 9780670700837
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Sunned
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Half Title
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Spine
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