first edition
1974 · London
by Edna O'Brien
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1974. Near Fine/Very Good +. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1974. First Edition. Octavo (20 cm); 191pp. Boards bound in denim blue cloth with green and gilt stamping to spine, wrapped in publisher's intact pictorial jacket (£2.50). Jacket generally scuffed and superficially scratched with bumps and light toning at margins. Verso lightly toned. Board corners and spine ends bumped with minor bumping to bottom margin. Pages clean. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good or better jacket of O'Brien's second short story collection. Signed bookplate by O'Brien loosely laid in at front. (Inventory #: 32952)