James Bond First Editions

Stamboul Train [Orient Express].

GREENE, Graham (1904 - 1991).

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1932. [Espionage novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm) pp.307. Usual corrected state of text. Publisher's black cloth hardcover blocked in gilt to the spine. Contents and edges clean, minor wear to top edge of cloth, covers lightly handled. Overall a decent, robust copy. Greene's classic early 'entertainment' novel, a spy thriller which unfolds aboard the Orient Express train as it crosses Europe from Ostend to Constantinople. Weaving a web of subterfuge, murder and politics along the way, it focuses upon the disturbing relationship between Myatt the pragmatic Jew, and chorus girl Coral Musker. Basis for the 1934 movie starring Norman Foster. Graham Greene's thrillers were read by Ian Fleming (some later being reviewed by him), and undoubtedly influenced his early James Bond adventures. Both authors had worked in Intelligence and became friends; Greene would holiday at Fleming's Goldeneye retreat in Jamaica in the 1950s. Item #74036

Price: £250.00