FOWLES, John. The Collector
FOWLES, John. The Collector. London: Jonathan Cape. 1963. 8vo. First edition. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the striking dust jacket designed by Tom Adams. A sharp though somewhat frustrating example, the book mostly fine, the cloth clean, the binding tight and square, with a few faint spots to the textblock edges. The contents fine but for an odd scoring of the front endpaper (ineligible). The dust jacket unclipped (18s net) and complete, a trifle bumped to the corners and spine tips, minor indentation to front panel corner, a few light marks to rear panel, but not detracting overall from what feels like a fresh and smart copy.
Fowles' highly readable debut novel, a conventional boy meets girl narrative with just a little (ahem) twist.
FOWLES, John. The Collector. London: Jonathan Cape. 1963. 8vo. First edition. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the striking dust jacket designed by Tom Adams. A sharp though somewhat frustrating example, the book mostly fine, the cloth clean, the binding tight and square, with a few faint spots to the textblock edges. The contents fine but for an odd scoring of the front endpaper (ineligible). The dust jacket unclipped (18s net) and complete, a trifle bumped to the corners and spine tips, minor indentation to front panel corner, a few light marks to rear panel, but not detracting overall from what feels like a fresh and smart copy.
Fowles' highly readable debut novel, a conventional boy meets girl narrative with just a little (ahem) twist.
FOWLES, John. The Collector. London: Jonathan Cape. 1963. 8vo. First edition. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the striking dust jacket designed by Tom Adams. A sharp though somewhat frustrating example, the book mostly fine, the cloth clean, the binding tight and square, with a few faint spots to the textblock edges. The contents fine but for an odd scoring of the front endpaper (ineligible). The dust jacket unclipped (18s net) and complete, a trifle bumped to the corners and spine tips, minor indentation to front panel corner, a few light marks to rear panel, but not detracting overall from what feels like a fresh and smart copy.
Fowles' highly readable debut novel, a conventional boy meets girl narrative with just a little (ahem) twist.