The Lying Days: A Novel [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); dark grey paper-covered boards and light grey cloth backstrip, with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; [viii],340,[4]pp. A bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Light wear to spine ends, tiny ink mark to lower edge of textblock, with a few faint surface scratches to rear cover; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95), showing modest wear, a few tears and attendant creases, some corresponding surface scratches to rear panel, and faint dampstaining at base of spine (truncated) (noticeable only on verso); Very Good. The South African Nobel laureate's first novel, preceded by a collection of short stories, The Soft Voice of the Serpent. (Inventory #: 61113)