Lucifer with a Book

John Horne Burns

London

:

Secker & Warburg

,

1949

.
First UK Edition.

21cm x 14cm. 329 pages. Red cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated jacket.

A novel of violent sexuality in an American private school. UK edition of YOUNG 524.

Minor wear to board edges with mottling to head and tail. Minor foxing to edges and preliminaries. Jacket is well worn with some chips and tearing, and light foxing to the verso. Signature of Dr. Gary Simes and bookseller label of Swain’s, Sydney. Good Condition.

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