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Sale 286: Fine Modern Literature (#286) 05/27/2004 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 05/27/2004 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #75 Brighton Rock

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,625

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800

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Description

Title:

Brighton Rock

Author:

Greene, Graham

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Viking

Date Published:

1938

Description:

Peach cloth with black colored portion on upper margins, stamped and lettered in silver, top edge stained black, color pictorial jacket. First Edition.

True first edition, preceding the first British edition. A small town hoodlum orders a murder of a rival at the Brighton race course and tries to cover it up. Basis for the 1947 film starring Richard Attenborough. Wobbe A13b. From the Library of Arthur W. Stone.

Condition:

Tiny chips and tears to jacket edges, spine and extremities darkened, 2 tape repairs on verso, mild soiling; fading to volume spine, shelf wear; binding a bit shaken; else very good in a very good jacket with bright cover art.

Item#:

148798
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