GREENE, GRAHAM — The Confidential Agent

New York: The Viking Press, [c.1967]. BCE. Hardcover. Graham Greene's thriller was first published in 1939. The plot is centered around a retired professor from continental Europe who is sent on a secret mission to England. Greene was not pleased with the novel, but critics were of a different opinion. --- This American reprint edition bears 1967 date and may have been sold by a book club. In blue & red paper-covered boards with cover & spine titling in gilt. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With minor chafing to cover edges & dulling to spine titling. (NOTE: A partial split to the binding has been repaired prior to this listing, binding is now stabilized.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 211, (1) pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .