Descent of Man
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1979. 21.7x14.5cm: 219pp. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Black cloth board with publisher’s device stamped on front board and gilt lettering to spine. Spine ends lightly bumped. Browning along hinges. Spine cracked at pg. 219, but holding. Spotting along top edge of text block. Internally clean and bright. Illustrated dust jacket, unclipped, with photo of Boyle on rear panel. Light to moderate wear along edges, mostly at corners and spine ends. Very Good in a Better than Very Good dust jacket.
A nice copy of Boyle’s first book, a collection of 17 ‘hilarious’ and ‘immensely ingenious’ short stories.
Price: $125.00
Item #10296