GREENE, GRAHAM. 1904-1991. The Name of Action. London William Heinemann Ltd., 1930.
The Library of David Lloyd, Part IGREENE, GRAHAM. 1904-1991.
The Name of Action. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, titled in gilt to spine, printed dust jacket (first state, priced "7/6 Net" on backstrip). Light wear and toning, jacket lightly sunned, with chipping to head of spine, minor chipping and browning to top and bottom edges.FIRST EDITION, with the rare unrestored first state jacket. Greene later disowned this work, as well as Rumour at Nightfall, saying that they were "of a badness beyond the power of criticism properly to evoke...." Wobbe A3a.
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The Library of David Lloyd, Part IGREENE, GRAHAM. 1904-1991.
The Name of Action. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, titled in gilt to spine, printed dust jacket (first state, priced "7/6 Net" on backstrip). Light wear and toning, jacket lightly sunned, with chipping to head of spine, minor chipping and browning to top and bottom edges.FIRST EDITION, with the rare unrestored first state jacket. Greene later disowned this work, as well as Rumour at Nightfall, saying that they were "of a badness beyond the power of criticism properly to evoke...." Wobbe A3a.