Jonathan Cape of London 1961.
First Edition, First PrintingA lovely near fine example of this title, with a bright clean book and a fine/near fine unclipped dust jacket.
Crisp black covered boards with a stamped skeleton hand to the front of the boards. Bright unfaded gilt titles to spine. The book is in beautiful near fine condition with clean boards, sharp corners, and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no owner names, no bookstore stamps, no inscriptions, and no foxing. The internal pages are crisp, clean, bright and flat with a few spots of very pale discolorations, otherwise No stains, No writing, No bent pages, No age toning and No foxing. Beautiful stunning crisp, bright copy. Please see images for details.
The original dust jacket is in near fine stunning condition. The dust jacket has Strong Vibrant colors with bright inner flaps, still maintaining the blue green tones without the common fading or discolorations. The jacket has No tears, No edgewear, No chips, No stains, No rips, No fading, No rubbing, and No foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 15s net. Please see images for more details.
A very handsome example of this title, presenting very well on the shelf.
