England Made Me.

£25,000 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

in the iconic dust-jacket First edition of one of the author's scarcest novels, in the iconic dust-jacket designed by one of the leading jacket artists of the era, Philip Youngman Carter. England Made Me is mainly set in Stockholm, revolving around the character of Anthony Farrant, a ne'er-do-well of some roguish charm who takes on the role of bodyguard to a dubious Swedish financier, resulting in a series of betrayals and moral crises that lead ultimately to Farrant's untimely demise. The book was adapted for film by Peter Duffell in 1973, starring Michael York as Anthony Farrant, with the location changed to Nazi Germany. First edition, first impression; 8vo; contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, slight toning to textblock, else unmarked internally; publisher's red cloth, titles to spine gilt, a couple of white marks to cloth, minor bumping to corners, in the original unclipped first issue dust-jacket, priced '7/6 net' on front flap, loss to head and foot of spine panel costing some lettering, spine panel slightly toned, front fold splitting at head but sound, a few scattered marks, some small tears to extremities with associated creasing, otherwise very good copy the entirely unrestored dust-jacket. Miller 13.

• Binding: Hardcover

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