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Greene, Graham.
Ministry of Fear.
Publisher: William Heinmann Ltd., London;
Date of Publication: 1943
Stock Code: 10462
First edition. Octavo, pp. [4], 236, [2]. Bound in publisher’s ochre cloth with black titles to spine. War Economy Standard paper stock. No dust-jacket. Cloth rubbed to top spine tip. Lightly soiled to text block edges, with two closed tears to front free endpaper. Small neat ownership name to front paste-down else contents clean, bright and free of annotations. A very good copy. Graham’s emotionally complex wartime noir thriller, considered one of the greatest of all spy novels. Adapted into the Fritz Lang film of the same name in 1944. £65.00