In Search Of a Character
by Greene, Graham
Graham Greene (1904-1991) worked as a journalist and critic, and was later employed by the Foreign Office. His many books include The Power and the Glory, The Third Man, Our Man in Havana, The Comedians and Travels with My Aunt. He is the subject of an acclaimed three-volume biography by Norman Sherry.
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IN SEARCH OF A CHARACTER
by Greene, Graham
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- 1961
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Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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London: The Bodley Head and Anthony Blond, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. True First Edition. First UK Edition. A fine fresh copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Based on his trips to West Africa in 1941 & The Belgian Congo 1958. An interesting companion volume to Greene's two African novels, The Heart of the Matter… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Greene, Graham
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- Used - Good 1st edition, ex-library copy, with unclipped d/j in protective sleeve and glued down, pages bright but front board partiall
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London: Bodley Head, 1961. 1st. hardback. Good 1st edition, ex-library copy, with unclipped d/j in protective sleeve and glued down, pages bright but front board partially detached. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Previously unpublished journals recording his African travels to the Belgian Congo in 1959 and an earlier wartime convoy to West Africa in 1941.… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: The Bodley Head. 1961. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original olive elephant-hide paper-covered boards, quarter-bound in orange cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers reproducing the author's manuscript. Top edge green. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean and without inscriptions or stamps. In the fine dustwrapper.… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: The Viking Press. 1961. First US edition, advance issue. First US edition, advance issue. Publisher's original green cloth backed paper boards. A superb fine square and tight copy, spotlessly clean and bright inside and out. With the publisher signed greetings slip loosely inserted, as issued. A lovely copy. One of 600 advance copies specially designed… Read more about this item Item Price
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NZ$147.01
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London: The Bodley Head. 1961. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original paper covered boards with gilt titled red cloth spine, in dustwrapper. A lovely fine copy, the contents without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper. Not price-clipped (10s 6d net to the front flap). Further details… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Search Of A Character: Two African Journals
by GREENE, Graham
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- 1961
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$66.44
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New York: Viking, 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Owner name and owner stamp else fine in a near fine dustwrapper with light rubbing. Item Price
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In Search of Character: Two African Journals
by Greene, Graham
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- Used - Very Good
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- Near Fine
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- First US Edition/1st Printing
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- 1962
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Albany, California, USA
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NZ$16.61
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New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First US Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. In mauve boards with gilt. Top corners bumped. Jacket is price-clipped, but bright and unfaded. Clean interior. Item Price
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$166.09
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New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Decorated paper-covered boards, green cloth spine. Slightly cocked spine and toning on the board edges else near fine. One of 600 advance copies "specially designed for friends of the author and the publishers, Christmas 1961. Item Price
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In Search of a Character: Two African Journals
by Greene, Graham
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- 01/12/1961 00:00:01
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- Hardcover
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London, London, GBR
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The Bodley Head Ltd, 01/12/1961 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 2.0305 in x 23.0964 in x 14.4670 in. The Bodley Head Ltd 1961 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket. Item Price
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In Search of a Character: Two African Journals
by Graham Greene
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- Used - Good+. Card wraps faded at spine and top edges, a little rubbed with some fraying. Internally bright and clean.
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- 1961
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- Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.)
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, GBR
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NZ$93.46
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The Bodley Head, 1961. Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good+. Card wraps faded at spine and top edges, a little rubbed with some fraying. Internally bright and clean.. Paperback. Yellow card wraps with black titling to spine and upper panel along with illustration of a man, tree and a deer. 123pp. Size: 8vo Crown (7½ x 5) || The… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Search of a Character: Two African Journals
by GREENE, Graham
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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London: The Bodley Head, 1961. First UK Edition. First Impression. Octavo; 3/4 olive paper over boards, quarterbound in orange cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; green topstain; dustjacket; 123pp. Topstain slighlty faded, else Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket. Item Price
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In Search of a Character: Two African Journals
by Graham Greene
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- 1962
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, GBR
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NZ$75.61
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New York: The Viking Press, 1962. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.75 x 9 inches (14 x 23 cm). Dust jacket: Very clean original jacket. Slight rubbing to ends of spine and corners, otherwise excellent. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: First printing of the US first edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Search of a Character. Two African Journals (Signed 1st edition)
by Greene, Graham
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- Used - Nearly fine
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- Near fine
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- First edition
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- 1961
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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NZ$1,245.68
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In gathering research for two novels set in Africa ( A Burnt-Out Case and The Heart of the Matter) Greene kept two journals that were never intended for publication, but appear here in print for the first time. The book is nearly fine with a light touch of fading to the red spine; the near fine dw is lightly soiled… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Search of a Character: Two African Journals
by GREENE, Graham
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$58.13
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New York: The Viking Press, 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. 93pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning on the spine. Item Price
NZ$58.13
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IN SEARCH OF A CHARACTER: TWO AFRICAN JOURNALS
by Greene, Graham
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- 1961
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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NZ$83.04
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London: The Bodley Head, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 123 pages; VG/VG; yellow spine with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; minor shelfwear and rubbing to the jacket; marked soiling to the jacket, particularly to the spine; slight creasing to the head and tail of the spine; price sticker from publisher on the front… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Search of a Character. Two African Journals
by GREENE, Graham (1904-1991)
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR
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NZ$115.51
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London: The Bodley Head, 1961. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.123 [1]. Publisher's red quarter cloth, with green paper-covered boards and gilt titles to spine. Top edge tinted green, and green decorated endpapers. With the light green typographic dust-jacket, priced at 10/6 to front flap. Previous owner's signature in blue ink on title page else fine in… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Search of a Character Two African Journals
by Graham Greene
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good Indeed
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- First edition
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- 1961
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- Cloth
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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NZ$199.52
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London: The Bodley Head, 1961. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. An almost pristine first edition of Graham Greene's travel journals written during his time spent researching in Africa. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Two travel journals penned by Graham Greene whilst travelling in Africa. Whilst travelling… Read more about this item Item Price
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IN SEARCH OF A CHARACTER Two African Journals
by Greene, Graham
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- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1962
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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NZ$41.52
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New York: Viking Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 93 pages; Price clipped jacket with minor rubbing and edgewear. . Item Price
NZ$41.52
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In Search of a Character: Two African Journals
by Greene, Graham
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- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
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- 1st US Trade Edition
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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North Tonawanda, New York, USA
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NZ$49.83
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New York: The Viking Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1961. 1st US Trade Edition. Hardcover. Mauve cloth with trace wear and sharp spine ends/corners. Jacket in archival plastic protector has minor edgewear and a few closed tears <1"; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned; offsetting to two pages where a… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Search of A Character.
by GREENE, Graham.
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London, GBR
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London: The Bodley Head,, 1961. First edition, first impression. Octavo. Original orange cloth-backed green marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge green, green patterned endpapers. With dust jacket. Spine panel of jacket faded, faint marks at folds, unclipped: a fine copy in near-fine jacket. Miller 41a. Item Price
NZ$157.52