Two or three other copies appear in auction records of past decades, but for the “scarce piece of Greeniana” shown left, a 1934 work called The Old School, the previous best was $90 in a Swann Galleries sale of 1982.
Edited by Greene and containing contributions byWH Auden, HE Bates, LP Hartley, Anthony Powell and many more besides, this copy in a rubbed, torn, browned and spotted jacket made a far more substantial £1700 in a Forum Auctions (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) sale of December 6.