£2,500.00
Author: Graham Greene
Publisher: London, The Bodley Head and Anthony Blond, 1985
First edition, inscribed, “For Ragnar / this much corrected copy with love from Graham.” With 12 manual corrections in the text by the author. Ragnar Svanström (1904-1988), Swedish historian and literary director, was the long-time contact of Greene at Norstedts Publishing House in Stockholm. He edited the ‘Introduction to Three Novels’, published by Norstedts in 1962. The friendship that developed between Greene and Svanström, and his wife Greta spanned many decades. Their correspondence is kept at the Royal Library in Stockholm.
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. A fine copy.