Brighton Rock - Graham Greene 1938 - William Heinemann Ltd, London - First Edition A fine first edition of Graham Greene’s exposé of violence and gang warfare. Spine with bright gilt and no fading, no foxing, no inscriptions, scarce thus.

The chilling tale of teenage mob-leader Pinkie; a masterpiece of psycho-realism, a fascinating study of evil, sin, and the 'appalling strangeness of the mercy of God' withholds easy judgement as a narrative takes us through the moral question of what is simultaneously fascinating and repellent.
  Reference: Wobbe, Graham Greene - A Bibliography and Guide to Research, A13a. Stenbrunner & Penzler, Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 174-177.

Octavo (book size 19.7x14cm), pp. [6] 361 [1]. In publisher’s scarlet cloth, spine lettered in gilt, publisher’s logo stamped in blind to rear panel.
  Condition: Fine, but for very light spots to spine and edge of rear panel, endpapers and foredge toned.   Ref: 111616   Price: HK$ 10,000