Lot 140
Greene (Graham) The Complaisant Lover, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Yvonne Cloetta, 1959.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Greene (Graham) The Complaisant Lover, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Yvonne [Cloetta] from Graham. St Jean - Cap Ferrat. July 1959 with love" to endpaper, original cloth, light rubbing to spine, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, else near-fine, 8vo, 1959.
⁂ A superb association copy inscribed by Greene to his lover Yvonne Cloetta likely within a year of their first meeting.
Greene met Cloetta in Douala in French Cameroon in 1959. The two began an affair that would endure for the remaining 32 years of Greene's life and prove to be one of his most significant relationships.
Description
Greene (Graham) The Complaisant Lover, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Yvonne [Cloetta] from Graham. St Jean - Cap Ferrat. July 1959 with love" to endpaper, original cloth, light rubbing to spine, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, else near-fine, 8vo, 1959.
⁂ A superb association copy inscribed by Greene to his lover Yvonne Cloetta likely within a year of their first meeting.
Greene met Cloetta in Douala in French Cameroon in 1959. The two began an affair that would endure for the remaining 32 years of Greene's life and prove to be one of his most significant relationships.
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