Description
An early edition of The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene, published in 1946, with a laid-in signature.
Octavo, 301pp, [1]. Yellow cloth, title in black on front cover and spine. Stated “Reissued in January 1946 Under its Original English Title: The Power and The Glory” on copyright page. Solid text block, light rubbing along edges, near fine. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, worn along edges.
Includes a laid-in card signed by Graham Greene.
Graham Greene (1904-1991) was an English writer. He wrote serious Catholic novels and, as he called them, “entertainments” (thrillers) like Brighton Rock. Greene was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty times between 1950 and 1966, but never received the award in his career.
