Graham Greene. Brighton Rock. First English edition
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Graham Greene. Brighton Rock London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1938 (estimate: $40,000), a first edition so rare there is only one other copy known to have made it to the auction block, and that one had a restored jacket; to find a copy in this condition and with an unrestored jacket is almost unheard of. This copy is housed in custom green cloth chemise in green cloth slipcase with gilt-stamped green morocco spine labels. The novel effectively secured Greene's place in 20th-century literature, was adapted multiple times for television and film, and appears on the Haycraft Queen Cornerstone list, which is billed as "the definitive library of mystery fiction."
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