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How Father Quixote became a Monsignor
Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980. Item #06482
Graham Greene explores themes of faith, humility, and quiet moral resilience…
GREENE, Graham. How Father Quixote became a Monsignor. Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980.
First edition. Limited to 330 copies, of which 300 are numbered and signed by Graham Greene, this being no. 129.
Large octavo (9 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches; 244 x 162 mm.). [xii],18, [1, limitation], [1, blank] pp.
Publisher's red cloth front cover decorated and titled in gilt and black, spine lettered in gilt and black. A fine copy.
A finely printed private press piece anticipating Greene’s later novel Monsignor Quixote (1982), here offering an early glimpse of one of his most endearing creations: the modest and reflective Father Quixote.
In this brief but characteristically nuanced work, Greene explores themes of faith, humility, and quiet moral resilience, distilled into a form of striking simplicity.
Publications of Sylvester & Orphanos are noted for their restrained elegance and careful production, and Greene’s signed contributions to the press remain among the most desirable of their output.
This example, one of only 300 signed copies, represents an especially appealing instance of Greene’s later work in a refined and collectible format.
Price: $250.00