GREENE, Graham (1904-1991). The Third Man. New York: The Viking Press, 1950. 8vo. 157, [3, blank] pp. Publisher?s red cloth backstrip over dark gray cloth boards, spine lettered in black, publisher?s price-clipped dust jacket (light rubbing to cloth spine, endleaves toned; jacket spine sunned, some mild edgewear to jacket spine and panels, some toning to jacket, light wear to joints, faint soiling to rear jacket panel). Very good. THE TRUE FIRST BOOK EDITION (preceding the U. K. edition). The basis of the 1949 film; originally written as a screen treatment by Greene and director Carol Reed.