Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959
First Edition, First printing, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY Stunning near fine crisp book in a striking near fine vibrant dust jacket, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY “To John Anthony Miller/ – Who likes Autobiographies / Robert Bloch / 2/27/94”
Crisp first state book in beige quarter and black paper boards with bright unfaded red title to the spine. The book is in fine condition with clean boards with no edgewear. The book has sharp corners, and a tight and square binding. This notoriously fragile book is always found with age toned pages. The end papers and internal pages have the common age toning, otherwise are clean with no owner names, no book plates and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are clean with bring crisp and flat with no marks, no writing, no bent pages, no stains, no handling marks and no foxing. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY “To John Anthony Miller/ – Who likes Autobiographies / Robert Bloch / 2/27/94”. Beautiful crisp near fine book appearing as unread. Please see detailed images.
The original first edition dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration to the outer spine tips by an expert paper conservator and as such presents in stunning fine/near fine condition. The jacket has unusually strong vibrant colors with slight toning to the white portion of the jacket, otherwise no edgewear, no chips, no rubbing, no stains and no foxing. The jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $2.95. Beautiful stunning jacket! Please see detailed images.
A very handsome, near one-of-a-kind fine copy of this scarce title with a vibrant striking, unclipped dust jacket. Presents beautifully on the shelf.
About John Anthony Miller:
Miller owned Phantom Bookshop which he established in 1993 located for eight years in Downtown Ventura at 451 E. Main St in Ventura, California. Many famous authors and celebrities signed there and was a top favorite bookshop of Ray Bradbury’s.
