Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1961
First Edition, First State True First Edition of this title with the requisite bound by H. Wolff, located on the last page in the ‘About The Author’ Section. Beautiful First state dust jacket and near fine book.
The book has red cloth boards with an embossed image of a wreath and the head of a child to front. Gilt titles to spine with a bit of the common fading of the gilt, and some fading to the red cloth. The boards have sharp corners, with one very tiny tip bump, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no bookstore stamps, no owner names, no inscriptions and no bookplates. The internal pages are overall clean for this title with a few scant handling marks, otherwise no writing, no marks, no scribbles, no stains, no handling marks and no foxing. Beautiful copy of this title at a great price.
The stunning price clipped, original first edition, first state dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration and presents in near fine condition. The jacket has strong, bright vibrant colors still retaining the strong red/orange tones to the spine with only a touch of fading (which is most unusual as this title is usually found with vey faded spines). The jacket otherwise has no edgewear, No stains, No rips, No chips, No rubbing, No fading and No foxing. There is no ISBN number to the rear panel.
