A Meeting by the River (from the Library of Joseph D'Ambrosio)

New York, (1967): Simon and Schuster. First Edition. Octavo. 191 pp. First printing inscribed by the author on the title page and inscribed by the artist on the rear of the dust jacket. Breaking a long silence, a young Englishman named Oliver writes to his elder brother Patrick to announce that he has entered a Hindu monastery and is about to take the final monastic vows. Oliver had always rejected his brother's life but now he desperately needs or feels the need to win Patrick's approval. Bound in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, spine lettering gilt, a near fine copy with corners only very minutely bumped, in unclipped green dust jacket lettered and decorated in white, gilt and blue, spine lettering white with again minor light wear to head, light toning to rear panel, top edge green.