When the war breaks out, Rose, a well-to-do widower with a young son, Christopher, volunteers for the Auxiliary Fire Service in London, and is trained under a professional fire officer, Pye. The two men discover that a quite different link already exists between them: it was Pye's strange, disturbed sister who once upon a time abducted Christopher and kept him in her room until Pye rescued the terrified child. In the apocalyptic atmosphere of the Blitz the relationship between the two men develops as each of them grapples ...
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When the war breaks out, Rose, a well-to-do widower with a young son, Christopher, volunteers for the Auxiliary Fire Service in London, and is trained under a professional fire officer, Pye. The two men discover that a quite different link already exists between them: it was Pye's strange, disturbed sister who once upon a time abducted Christopher and kept him in her room until Pye rescued the terrified child. In the apocalyptic atmosphere of the Blitz the relationship between the two men develops as each of them grapples with his own troubled emotional attachments, the one to his dead wife, the other to his unhappy sister. Inevitably matters come to a head when history shows signs of repeating itself. The subtle handling of relationships, the brilliance of the dialogue and description - including one of the best accounts ever written of London under the Blitz - established Caught as one of Henry Green's most powerful novels.
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Add this copy of Caught to cart. $9.30, very good condition, Sold by Greener Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by Harvill P.
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Add this copy of Caught to cart. $39.61, good condition, Sold by Balfour Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sidmouth, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1952 by The Hogarth Press.
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Good in Fair jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Copy in brown cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Board spine light sunned. Jacket chipped and edges Jacket spine lightly sunned. Slight offsetting to front and rear end papers. A few light internal cracks. Free of inscriptions. Clean text.
Add this copy of Caught to cart. $218.69, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1943 by The Hogarth Press.
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None. Very Good Indeed. The first edition of Henry Green's novel about an upper class man who serves in the London Auxiliary Fire Service during the Blitz. The first edition, first impression. Partially inspired by Green's own work in the London Auxiliary Fire Service, the novel follows well-to-do widower Roe and his contentious relationship with his commander, professional fire fighter Pye. This first edition was censored at the insistence of its publisher, Leonard Woolf. Green was an English writer best remembered for the novels 'Party Going', 'Living', and 'Loving'. He is among those labelled as the 'Bright Young Things' by the tabloid press. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright. Fading to back strip, with small area of rubbing to tail of front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed.
Add this copy of Caught (Nyrb) to cart. $28.46, new condition, Sold by Napa Bookmine rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Napa, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by NYRB Classics.
Add this copy of Caught to cart. $36.95, good condition, Sold by David Segal rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brooklyn, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1952 by Viking Press.
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Good in very good dust jacket. Ships w insurance. 1952 1st US ed, from the UK plates. Spine tilted, edgewear (some tears closed), chipping & tanning on dj, slight fraying on edges of cover, bottom corners bumped, separation on 1/2 title pg, owner's label on front pastedown, pgs tanned, chip on 1 pg, lite soil on edge, else text clean, binding tight.
Add this copy of Caught to cart. $46.95, very good condition, Sold by Karl Theis rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Torrance, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by The Hogarth Press.
Add this copy of Caught to cart. $49.00, good condition, Sold by Shaker Mill Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Stockbridge, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1950 by Viking.
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Good. No Jacket. Book Tight binding, solid boards with sharp corners, blind stamped title and author's name on front board, faded, barely legible spine strip, lightly soiled text blocks, otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout. 1st American Edition.
Add this copy of Caught to cart. $65.25, very good condition, Sold by Cardinalis Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, ON, CANADA, published 1953 by Hogarth Press.
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Very Good in Fair jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. Hardcover, in unclipped dust jacket. Pictorial jacket is unclipped, but shows some toning, small patches of surface loss, and shallow loss to spine ends. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome book.
Add this copy of Caught to cart. $72.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1952 by Viking.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Reprint. Small octavo. Tiny contemporary owner name on front pastedown, boards slightly bowed, near fine in a very good dust jacket with small tears on the cover, and a sunned spine.
Add this copy of Caught (New York Review Books Classics) to cart. $13.99, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Diamond rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by NYRB Classics.
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