![Item #7226] Lord Rochester's Monkey. Graham Greene, John Wilmot](https://thirdmindbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7226_1.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1737390677)
New York, NY, USA: Viking Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. "John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester (1647-1680), was the most notorious of the Restoration rakes. He was also a fine lyrical and satirical poet whose work- in Graham Greene's opinion- has been underestimated because it was overshadowed by his life of lechery and drunkenness, wild pranks and practical jokes, and death-bed repentance. At Court, King Charles II suffered but respected..... More
[Item #7226]![Item #8952] First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers. Kathy...](https://thirdmindbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8952_1.png?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1779807163)
New York, NY, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. First Softcover Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "We hope we have provided readers with an interesting and enjoyable collection, valuable not only for the undeniable pleasure of these stories, but also as a testament to the keen judgments of the magazine editors who enabled these talented writers to get their first taste of professionalism." (final sentence, "Editors' Preface," pg. xii). First Fiction..... More
[Item #8952]![Item #6377] The Return of A.J. Raffles. Graham Greene](https://thirdmindbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6377_1.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1716826347)
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. “With the astonishing versatility that has always been the hallmark of his genius, Graham Greene, the most distinguished novelist of our times, has now written “an Edwardian comedy.” His central figure is the notorious and ever-popular Raffles, the gentleman burglar of E.W. Hornung’s immortal The Amateur Cracksman, and the cast of characters includes the Marquis of Queensberry, Raffles’ friend and..... More
[Item #6377]![Item #4788] Travels with My Aunt. Graham Greene](https://thirdmindbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4788.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1638227222)
New York, NY: The Viking Press, Inc., 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. "Greeneland has been described often as a land bleak and severe. A whisky priest dies in one village, a self-hunted man lives with lepers in another. But Greeneland has its summer regions, and in the sunlight everything looks a bit different. Here Aunt Augusta travels with her black lover Wordsworth; Curran, the founder of a doggies' church; the..... More
[Item #4788]![Item #4748] Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party. Graham Greene](https://thirdmindbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4748.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1637004422)
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover. "Following on the enormous success and critical acclaim of Graham Greene's last novel, The Human Factor, comes Doctor Fischer of Geneva, a black entertainment which is also a profound study in human greed. At the center of his remarkable tour de force is the enigmatic Dr. Fischer, millionaire, student of human nature, practical joker and party-giver. His parties are..... More
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