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GREENE, GRAHAM. 1904-1991. It's a Battlefield. London William Heinemann Ltd., 1934.

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The Library of David Lloyd, Part IGREENE, GRAHAM. 1904-1991.
It's a Battlefield. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1934. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine. Publisher's pictorial dust jacket. Leaning slightly, minor bumping to spine ends, light toning; jacket chipped at corners and spine ends, with creases at upper inside corner of front panel. Provenance: Linda Porter (American socialite, Mrs. Cole Porter, 1883-1954, bookplate).FIRST EDITION, WITH THE RARE FIRST ISSUE JACKET priced "7/6" on front flap. It's a Battlefield sold slowly at first, but earned critical praise from Ford Madox Ford, Ezra Pound and V.S. Pritchett, among others. Very scarce in the first issue dust jacket, and this copy with an interesting provenance. Wobbe A6a.

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The Library of David Lloyd, Part IGREENE, GRAHAM. 1904-1991.
It's a Battlefield. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1934. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine. Publisher's pictorial dust jacket. Leaning slightly, minor bumping to spine ends, light toning; jacket chipped at corners and spine ends, with creases at upper inside corner of front panel. Provenance: Linda Porter (American socialite, Mrs. Cole Porter, 1883-1954, bookplate).FIRST EDITION, WITH THE RARE FIRST ISSUE JACKET priced "7/6" on front flap. It's a Battlefield sold slowly at first, but earned critical praise from Ford Madox Ford, Ezra Pound and V.S. Pritchett, among others. Very scarce in the first issue dust jacket, and this copy with an interesting provenance. Wobbe A6a.

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