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The Heart of the Matter - Inscribed -
Graham Greene
1948 - William Heinemann Ltd, London - First Edition
First edition of this classic tale of diamond smuggling and blackmail in a British Colony in West Africa.
Inscribed by Greene ‘For Max, With love from Graham’, and with a rare example of the publisher’s alternative wraparound band.
‘The Heart of the Matter’ was enormously popular upon release, selling more than 300,000 copies in the UK alone. The novel won the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and was ranked 40th on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, in 1998. In 2005, the book featured in Time Magazine's 'One Hundred Best English-language Novels, 1923 to Present'. As recently as 2012, Greene's ever-popular novel was shortlisted for the 'Best of the James Tait Black' awards, which are given in three categories: Fiction, Biography and Drama, since 1919.
‘To me the idea of willing my own damnation for the love of God is either a very loose poetical expression or a mad blasphemy, for the God who accepted that sacrifice could be neither just nor loveable.’ - Evelyn Waugh on ‘The Heart of the Matter’.
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1948 - William Heinemann Ltd, London - First Edition
First edition of this classic tale of diamond smuggling and blackmail in a British Colony in West Africa. Inscribed by Greene ‘For Max, With love from Graham’, and with a rare example of the publisher’s alternative wraparound band.
‘The Heart of the Matter’ was enormously popular upon release, selling more than 300,000 copies in the UK alone. The novel won the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and was ranked 40th on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, in 1998. In 2005, the book featured in Time Magazine's 'One Hundred Best English-language Novels, 1923 to Present'. As recently as 2012, Greene's ever-popular novel was shortlisted for the 'Best of the James Tait Black' awards, which are given in three categories: Fiction, Biography and Drama, since 1919.
‘To me the idea of willing my own damnation for the love of God is either a very loose poetical expression or a mad blasphemy, for the God who accepted that sacrifice could be neither just nor loveable.’ - Evelyn Waugh on ‘The Heart of the Matter’.
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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush -
Eric Newby
1958 - Secker &, London - First Edition
‘A great story by a great travel writer about a preposterously planned trip into Afghanistan (before the modern era of chaos overtook the country) to do a first ascent on a previously unseen peak in the Hindu Kush Mountains. The two solitary adventurers, with as much climbing experience as they had knowledge of the terrain, set out into the wilds of the Afghani frontier, and a formidable array of trouble and adventures. Written with sublimely understated humour and dry wit, it is hilariously funny and fun’. - Jeff Tucker, Outsider Magazine, 25 best adventure books of the last 100 years (Jan. 2003).
First edition of this fantastic book, scarce in such a nice bright unclipped dust jacket. Listed number 16 in National Geographic’s Top 100 Adventure Books of all Time’. Illustrated throughout with 40 black and white photographs and two folding maps to the rear.
‘Having spent seventeen years in the fashion business, Newby decided to leave his job and travel with a friend, Hugh Carless, to an area of Afghanistan so remote that no Englishman had been there for over 60 years. On route they met another travel writer, Wilfred Thesiger, author of 'Arabian Sands', who was disgusted by the amateurishness of the pair.’
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1958 - Secker &, London - First Edition
‘A great story by a great travel writer about a preposterously planned trip into Afghanistan (before the modern era of chaos overtook the country) to do a first ascent on a previously unseen peak in the Hindu Kush Mountains. The two solitary adventurers, with as much climbing experience as they had knowledge of the terrain, set out into the wilds of the Afghani frontier, and a formidable array of trouble and adventures. Written with sublimely understated humour and dry wit, it is hilariously funny and fun’. - Jeff Tucker, Outsider Magazine, 25 best adventure books of the last 100 years (Jan. 2003).First edition of this fantastic book, scarce in such a nice bright unclipped dust jacket. Listed number 16 in National Geographic’s Top 100 Adventure Books of all Time’. Illustrated throughout with 40 black and white photographs and two folding maps to the rear.
‘Having spent seventeen years in the fashion business, Newby decided to leave his job and travel with a friend, Hugh Carless, to an area of Afghanistan so remote that no Englishman had been there for over 60 years. On route they met another travel writer, Wilfred Thesiger, author of 'Arabian Sands', who was disgusted by the amateurishness of the pair.’
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Black Mischief -
Evelyn Waugh
1932 - Chapman and Hall Ltd., London - First Edition
‘'We, Seth, Emperor of Azania, Chief of the Chiefs of Sakuyu, Lord of Wanda and Tyrant of the Seas, Bachelor of the Arts of Oxford University, being in this the twenty-fourth year of our life, summoned by the wisdom of Almighty God and the unanimous voice of our people to the throne of our ancestors, do hereby proclaim . . .' Seth paused in his dictation and gazed out across the harbour where in the fresh breeze of early morning the last dhow was setting sail for the open sea.
A superb copy, in a lovely example of the dust jacket which is notoriously prone to both toning, and also fading of the red vignettes on the spine and front panel.
First edition of Waugh’s satyrical novel set in Africa. Chronicling the efforts of the English-educated Emperor Seth, assisted by a fellow Oxford graduate, Basil Seal, to modernise his kingdom. Believed to have been a satire on Abyssinia, where Waugh spent time as a reporter, and Haile Selassie, although Waugh denied this.
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1932 - Chapman and Hall Ltd., London - First Edition
‘'We, Seth, Emperor of Azania, Chief of the Chiefs of Sakuyu, Lord of Wanda and Tyrant of the Seas, Bachelor of the Arts of Oxford University, being in this the twenty-fourth year of our life, summoned by the wisdom of Almighty God and the unanimous voice of our people to the throne of our ancestors, do hereby proclaim . . .' Seth paused in his dictation and gazed out across the harbour where in the fresh breeze of early morning the last dhow was setting sail for the open sea.A superb copy, in a lovely example of the dust jacket which is notoriously prone to both toning, and also fading of the red vignettes on the spine and front panel.
First edition of Waugh’s satyrical novel set in Africa. Chronicling the efforts of the English-educated Emperor Seth, assisted by a fellow Oxford graduate, Basil Seal, to modernise his kingdom. Believed to have been a satire on Abyssinia, where Waugh spent time as a reporter, and Haile Selassie, although Waugh denied this.
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Price HK$ 9,000