Lot 417
Greene (Graham) A Gun for Sale, second impression, 1936.
Hammer Price: £2,000
Description
Greene (Graham) A Gun for Sale, second impression, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends and corners, near-fine otherwise, dust-jacket priced at 7/6 designed by Barbosa, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, a very good example, [cf. Wobbe A12], 8vo, 1936.
⁂ One of Greene's rarest titles, especially so in the dust-jacket. The second impression jacket is identical to that of the first except for the reviews to the flaps. The last copy of the first impression we can trace at auction is the Hobson copy which made £6,200 in 1996.
Description
Greene (Graham) A Gun for Sale, second impression, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends and corners, near-fine otherwise, dust-jacket priced at 7/6 designed by Barbosa, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, a very good example, [cf. Wobbe A12], 8vo, 1936.
⁂ One of Greene's rarest titles, especially so in the dust-jacket. The second impression jacket is identical to that of the first except for the reviews to the flaps. The last copy of the first impression we can trace at auction is the Hobson copy which made £6,200 in 1996.
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