Greene, Graham

The Heart of the Matter

New York: Viking Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in an about Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($3.00), faintly bumped at the edges. Quarter grey cloth with red paper on the boards, rubbed at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound with a red topstain, clean internally. A remarkably nice copy of Greene's semi-autobiographical novel of Henry Scobie and his moral crisis while working a security job in a West Africa during World War II. Ranked by the Modern Library as the 40th best English-language novel of the 20th century. Fine. Item #15838

Price: $250.00