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A group of eleven volumes, comprising: GREENE, Graham (1904-1991). The Man Within. London: Heinemann, 1929. First edition of Greene’s first novel. Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine in gilt, publisher’s blind stamp to lower board (spine lightly rolled); original printed dust-jacket (rubbed and tanned, tape residue to verso, a few nicks and marks, upper flap creased); housed in green half morocco box. – The Living Room. A play in two acts. London: Heinemann, 1953. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the play’s first director. Octavo. (Lightly browned.) Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt (faintly rubbed at extremities); original photographic dust-jacket (nicked and lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded); housed in grey cloth slipcase. Provenance: Peter Glenville (1913-1996, the first director of the play; authorial presentation inscription on front endpaper: ‘For Peter with great gratitude & affection from Graham June 1 1953 Begun in Achill, continued in Anacapa & finished in Kuala Lumpur!’). – The Comedians. London: Bodley Head, 1966. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author prior to publication. Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt (light fading to a portion of bottom edge); original tiny nicks at head of spine, light tanning to top edge of flaps) Provenance: Marcelle Sibon (the author’s French translator; authorial presentation inscription on front endpaper: ‘For Marcelle with love from Graham Christmas 1965’. – The Third Man and The Fallen Idol. London: William Heinemann, 1950. First edition. Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine in silver (some spots to edges); original photographic dust-jacket (lightly rubbed and nicked, small hole on lower fold of spine panel); housed in a black cloth slipcase. Provenance: Diana Lenygon (embossed library stamp to front endpaper). – The Revenge. An autobiographical fragment. London: Privately printed at The Stellar Press, 1963. First edition, one of just 300 copies. Presentation copy inscribed by the publisher to J. B. Priestley. Octavo. Original green printed wrappers (faint crease to front wrapper). Provenance: J. B. Priestley (1894-1984; bookplate on verso of front wrapper, presentation inscription from the publisher Max Reinhardt on endpaper: ‘To Jack from Max Happy Christmas’). – The Great Jowett. London: The Bodley Head, 1981. First edition, number 504 of 525 signed by the author. Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles to spine in gilt, titles to front board orange against black ground within oval gilt frame. – The Lost Childhood and other Essays. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1951. First edition. Octavo. Original light grey cloth, titles to spine gilt, top edge stained red (some minor fading); original dust-jacket (light fading to spine panel, spotting, two short repaired tears). – A Burnt Out Case. London: Heineman, 1961. First edition. Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine in silver (faintly marked); original dust-jacket (lightly rubbed and tanned, a few minor marks to lower panel). – Monsignor Quixote. London & Sydney: The Bodley Head, 1982. First edition. Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine in gilt, top edge green (a few spots to fore-edge); original dust-jacket. – The Complaisant Lover. A Comedy. London: Heinemann, 1959. First edition. Octavo. (Inscription neatly erased from endpaper.) Original blue boards, titles to spine gilt; original printed dust-jacket (ightly faded to spine). – British Dramatists. London: William Collins, 1942. First edition. Octavo. 8 colour plates, 26 black and white illustrations (light spotting). Original brown printed boards (lightly rubbed, corners just bumped); original dust-jacket repeating design from boards (dust-jacket rubbed with small chips at edges, spine a little faded).