Jonathan Cape, London 1958
First Edition, First Printing, First State Scarce, crisp Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. First state variant in the plain black boards without the dancing lady.
The book is in crisp, beautiful fine condition variant without the dancing woman to the front board. Bright, unfaded, silver titles to spine. The boards have sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. No dry, nor splitting spine. The end papers are clean with no inscriptions, no owner names, no bookplates, and no book store stamps. The internal pages are bright, flat and clean with no stains, no writing, no bent pages, no foxing and no age toning. Beautiful crisp clean book. Please see images.
The original handsome first edition dust jacket presents in near fine condition with only minuscule restoration by an expert conservator to the outer spine tips. The jacket otherwise has strong vibrant colors with No edgewear, No rips, No chips, No stains, No rubbing, No fading, and No foxing with only slight toning to the rear panel. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 13s. 6d. net. The jacket is enclosed in a new clear removeable archival cover. Please see images.
A superior copy of this title presenting very well with the stunning jacket.
