signed first edition
1955 · London
by RICHLER, Mordecai
London: Andre Deutsch, 1955. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.25cm); burgundy cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [12],13-232pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Gentle sunning to upper board edges, tiny stain to upper edge of textblock, with some faint offsetting to endpapers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 12s.6d. net), gently sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny tears, and s small spalsh mark at lower spine panel; Very Good or better. The Jewish Canadian author's second novel, following his 1954 debut The Acrobats.
(Inventory #: 55180)