Lucky Jim
- SIGNED
- London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1953
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1953. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Kingsley Amis on the half title page with an additional autographed letter signed laid-in. 256 pp. Bound in publishers green paper covered boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, light fading to spine and edges, former owner name to front free endpaper and pages lightly tanned. In Near Fine unclipped dust jacket lacking the small "XI" code on the rear panel. First printing jackets have been seen both with and without the code; we are unaware of any known priority between the two variants, though the code was present on the publisher's file copy. Light edge wear, toning and light soiling. With a scarce 1955 Somerset Maugham Award belly band, which has a small closed tear.
A bright copy of the author's first novel that facetiously narrates the trials and tribulations of a second-rate red brick university professor, James Dixon. Accompanied by a letter dated August 26h, 1956 penned to a "Miss Shaw" declining an invitation to address the Arts Society that refers to his next unpublished novel I Like It Here, "I've vowed to take on nothing fresh until my next novel is finished. And that won't be six months at least." Scarce signed.
Details
Title
Lucky Jim
Author
Amis, Kingsley
Condition
Near Fine
Publisher
Victor Gollancz Ltd: London
Date
1953
Edition
First Edition