The Bodley Head, London, 1956
Stated First Edition, First Printing: Near fine book with vibrant near fine dust jacket.
The book is in beautiful condition with crisp blue cloth boards, with bright unfaded silver titles to spine. The boards are in crisp condition, with sharp corners and no edgewear. Slight toning to the cloth along the upper edge. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with No inscriptions, No owner names, and no bookplates but with slight faded foxing. The internal pages are bright, clean and flat, with No tears, No bent pages, No handling marks, No stains, and No writing, and with some very slight faint foxing to the first few pages. Beautiful crisp, highly collectible example of this title. Please see images.
The scarce original dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration by an expert paper conservator to the spine ends and as such presents as a near fine example. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with none of the otherwise common sunning to the spine. The jacket has no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no fading, and no rubbing. Even the rear panel remains bright. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of 9s 6d.net. Please see detailed images.
A very handsome, clean example of this title, presenting well on the shelf.
