Description: 16mo, 20.2 x 13.5 cm, bound in blue buckram with gilt lettering to spine, in dust jacket lettered to front, spine, back, and flaps, price 13s6d net uncut; front has red letters “BGS” in the bottom right (probably stands for Book Grading Service); 1st edition.
Title-page: THE | QUIET AMERICAN | by | GRAHAM GREENE | {publisher’s device} |—| WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD | MELBOURNE :: LONDON :: TORONTO ||
T.p. verso: FIRST PUBLISHED 1955 | PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN | AT THE WINDMILL PRESS | KINGSWOOD, SURREY ||
Collation: [A]-H16; total 128 leaves.
Pagination: [8] [2] 3-247 [248]; total 256 pages.
Contributors:
Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991)
William Henry Heinemann (Jewish-British, 1863 – 1920)
Additional Information
| Collection | Library , Literature |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Subject | 20th century , English literature , Fiction , Haiti , Literature , Modern literature , Political fiction |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1955 |
| Edition | 1st edition , 1st edition, 1st issue |
| Binding | Buckram , Dust jacket , Hardcover |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
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