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London: William Heinemann, 1955. [10], 3-247pp, [1]. Original cloth in DJ. DJ browned to spine and edges, minor chipping to corners and spine ends, small splits to joints between spine and panels to foot, lower panel soiled. Some lifting of cloth to upper board, edges of text block lightly browned, with hint of foxing to top edge, a few light spots to endpapers, but internally generally fairly bright and clean. Presentation copy, inscribed by Greene to ffep "For Donald affectionately from Graham", with a textual correction by Greene to page 32, with 'Wyde' crossed through and 'wide' written in the margin. Housed in a rather rudimentary box. Wobbe A35a. Presentation Copy from the Author. First Edition. Hardback. Good/Good. 8vo.

The Quiet American is a 1955 novel by English author Graham Greene. It portrays the conflict between American and British intelligence agents dealing with the insurgents in Vietnam during the French Indochina War.