first edition
1981 · Johannesburg
by COETZEE, J.M.
Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1981. First South African Edition. First Impression, cloth issue. Octavo (22.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [iv],156pp. Hint of a forward lean, ink ownership signature of South African author Peter Wilhelm on upper front endpaper, else Near Fine in a spine-sunned, Very Good+ dustjacket. The South African Nobel Prize-winner's third novel, simultaneously issued in cloth and wrappers. (Inventory #: 51823)