signed first edition
1960 · London
by Banks, Lynne Reid
London: Chatto & Windus, 1960. First edition. First edition. Signed by Lynne Reid Banks on dedication page with "Janice" crossed out and corrected to "Jamie," as she typically did with this book. 319 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with faint perfume small, in Near Fine dust jacket, spine panel slightly darkened, worn tips. A coming-of-age novel of a pregnant woman, down-and-out in London, with a prominent gay character. It inspired a 1962 film. The author would go on to pen the popular young adult series The Indian in the Cupboard.
(Inventory #: 140945198)