The Power and the Glory
Heinemann, 1940.
First edition. Original yellow cloth with red lettering in scarce purple dustwrapper. A fine copy with some spotting to the top edge, in a very good dustwrapper indeed, which is price clipped with the usual tanning to the spine but only a little wear to the head of the spine and a single short closed tear. A generally well preserved copy of a fragile book.
Critically considered Greene's greatest novel and one of the highlights of twentieth century literature, which showcases Greene's technique of painting intricate moral landscapes where corrupt characters might still be capable of goodness and virtuous ones indulge their virtues murderously.
It is supposed that most of the stocks of the first edition of this book were destroyed when Heinemann's publishing house was bombed during the war. Consequently the book is scarce and, due to the cheap wartime paper, is rarely found in acceptable condition.
Connolly. 88
Stock ID: 44633
£18,000.00
