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Synopsis

Wrapper design by fred banberry.

Item Description

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 8 x 5.25 inches. [viii] + 308 pp. Bound in original black cloth, gilt, in unclipped dust wrapper, which has a little edge wear including head and tail of spine Extremities have some wear and damp stains on the boards, sellotape marks and foxing of flyleaves and of edges; otherwise a very good copy. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. By the novelist and short story writer, Gerald Kersh (1911-68), a novel set in a 'debased neighbourhood' of outer London, featuring a cinema manager and his colleagues and the owner.