THE QUIET AMERICAN

First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth with is a small area of fading at the head of the spine (c. 2 cm), spreading to the upper edge (c. 0.5 cm) of the front panel. The contents, with light spotting to the lower edge of the closed text block are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the bright, near fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing and nicks to spine tips and corners and toninf to folds and flap edges. The spine remains without fading. Correctly priced 13s 6d net to the front flap. An attractive example.

One of Greene's best known novels, twice adapted for film; the first in 1958 directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and starring Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave and Giorgia Moll; the second, a more faithful adaptation in 2002 directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser and Do Thi Hai Yen.