Description
The first edition, first impression of The Quiet American by Graham Greene, in the publisher’s first issue dust jacket.
Octavo, [8], 247pp, [1]. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. Blue topstain. The first impression, with “First Published 1955” on the copyright page. Internally clean, solid text block. Touch of wear to heel of the spine. In the publisher’s first issue dust jacket, 13s 6d net retail price on front flap, reviews of Loser Takes All on the rear panel, light shelf wear and soiling, closed tear at head of the spine.
(Miller A35a) (Wobbe A35a)
Greene’s novel of French Indochina, centered on British journalist Thomas Fowler, American aid worker Alden Pyle, and Phuong, a young Vietnamese woman. Written from Greene’s experience as a correspondent in French Indochina, The Quiet American remains one of his major political novels and was adapted for film in 1958 and 2002.
