Sale 2530 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, February 20, 2020

254 c   GREENE, GRAHAM. The Living Room. 8vo, publisher’s red cloth; dust jacket, spine panel tips lightly rubbed with two short closed tears at foot, light dust soiling to rear panel. London: Heinemann, (1953) [700/1,000] first edition , nice association copy , inscribed to dorothy dewhurst , the actress who played the lead role of “Mary (the daily woman)” in the play. Her six co-stars have added their signatures and/ or inscriptions, along with a further five or so unidentified others.With Dewhurst’s autograph annotations throughout, some representing significant changes or revisions. Greene’s first published play.Wobbe A29a. 255 c   GREENE,GRAHAM. The Lost Childhood and Other Essays. 8vo,publisher’s beige cloth, spine titles a little dulled; dust jacket, some toning to top of flaps and rear panel borders, spine panel lightly sunned with minor rubbing to head and foot. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951 [700/1,000] first edition , presentation copy , inscribed : “For [A.S.] Frere & Pat / with love to my friends / & gratitude to my publisher / Graham / March 1951.” Frere, a director at Heinemann, was perhaps Greene’s closest confidante on all things publishing, and as a member of The Book Society, was instrumental in seeing Stamboul Train through to publication.Wobbe A26a. 254 255