first edition
1959 · New York
by Robert Crichton
New York: Random House, 1959. Very Good/Very Good +. New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 218pp. Boards in light yellow cloth with pink, black, and gilt stamping to spine, wrapped in publisher's intact jacket ($3.95). Gray endsheets, dark top stain, fore-edge deckled. Jacket gently rubbed and bumped at all margins with some wear to head and tail of spine and joints. Lightly dust soiled and toned. Verso toned and lightly spotted on spine. Board margins lightly discolored and spine ends and corners bumped and rubbed. Front board spotted lightly. Top edge lightly scratched. Starting after half title. Pages clean. A Very Good copy (truncated)