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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 #79 The Quiet American

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$200

Estimate: $150 - $250

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Description

Title:

The Quiet American

Author:

Greene, Graham

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

William Heinemann

Date Published:

[1955]

Description:

Blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition.

Classic novel about U.S. foreign policy gone bad in pre-war Indochina. Basis for the 1958 film starring Audie Murphy and Michael Redgrave; also made into the 2002 film starring Michael Caine. Wobbe A35a. From the Library of Arthur W. Stone.

Condition:

Jacket price clipped, occasional faint foxing, slight darkening to edges; mild soiling to volume edges, boards yawning a bit, else near fine in a very good to near fine jacket.

Item#:

148792
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