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Author: Greene, Graham
Title: The Heart of the Matter
Place Published: New York
Publisher:The Viking Press
Date Published: 1948
Description: Full gray cloth boards lettered in red and gilt. One of 750 copies. First Edition.

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Spine sunned, lettering faded, minor rubbing; faint toning to textblock; very good.

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The Heart of the Matter, First Edition

Name: The Heart of the Matter, First Edition
SKU: 176563520
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