NEWBY, P. H.

£650 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Something to Answer For. First edition of the inaugural winner of the Booker Prize, with the wraparound band announcing its receipt of the prize in 1969. It is accompanied by an autograph note signed by the author and dated 1981, expressing surprise at his fame and sending the signed note in lieu of a photograph.

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