Graham Greene — The End of the Affair

London, William Heinemann, 1951 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Graham Greene's celebrated novel, reviewed by Evelyn Waugh as 'singularly beautiful and moving&apos. The first edition, first impression of Greene's work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Set in London during and after the Second World War, the novel follows the obsessive and passionate relationship of rising writer Maurice Bendrix, and Sarah Miles, the wife of a prominent civil servant.Examining the contradictions of Greene's Catholic faith, it was the fourth and final instalment of Greene's tetralogy of Catholic novels, following Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, and The Heart of the Matter.Former owner's inscription to head of dust wrapper front flyleaf. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, with light spotting to text block fore edge. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with small losses of paper to back strip head and tail. Light spotting to wraps. Small tape repair to dust wrapper reverse at tail of fold over front joint. Inscription to dust wrapper front flyleaf head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.