GREENE, Graham (1904-1991). Our Man in Havana. New York: The Viking Press, 1958.

8vo. Original salmon cloth titled in black along spine and with a stamped image of a vacuum cleaner salesman to front board, yellow top stain (light rubbing to foot); original dust jacket (three tape repairs to jacket verso, spine a bit sunned, soiled, edgeworn with some chipping, creasing, and a few tears).

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. The basis of the successful 1959 comedy spy film starring Alec Guinness and Burl Ives, directed by Carol Reed. The film was shot on location in Havana two months after Batista’s overthrow; Fidel Castro visited the film set during a scene in Cathedral Square.