signed first edition
1962 · London
by Aiken, Joan
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First British Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Joan Aiken and inscribed "Best wishes from the author" on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with slight lean to binding and small stain to fore edge of textblock extending into the margins of a few pages. In a Near Fine vibrant unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine, light rubbing to edges and small tear to rear joint at top edge. A fantastic copy of the first book in The Wolves Chronicles, a popular series set during the time of King James III, scarce signed.
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