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It's a Battlefield
Graham Greene
1934
William Heinemann : London
7.5" by 5"
[8], 275pp.
SUMMARY
The first impression of this early novel by a leading novelist of his time Graham Greene.
First Edition,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
An early novel by Graham Greene, which explores the lives of people close to Drover, a bus driver, in the days before he was due to hang, sentenced to die by his Communist colleagues to gain support for the party. Later described by Greene as 'overtly political,' its theme was defined as 'the injustice of man's justice.'
At first the novel only sold a few copies, but received much praise by Ezra Pound and Ford Madox Ford. Later it would sell over one hundred and twenty thousand copies. In 1948, Greene extensively revised the novel for the third edition and his changes were incorporated in future printings.
Understandably lacking the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with some shelf wear and minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, light soiling to the boards and spine, a minor chipping to the tail of the spine. Gentle minor cocking forward of the spine. Previous ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1938. Front hinge only slightly strained, holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to the endpapers, otherwise the pages are bright and clean throughout.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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