The Snow Ball [with] The Snow Ball (proof copy).

£250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books · No longer available

dedication copies First edition of Brophy's best-known novel, together with a proof copy of the same, both inscribed by the author to the dedicatee, the author and literary critic Charles Osborne. First edition, first impression, and uncorrected proof copy respectively, dedication copies, inscribed by the author; 2 vols, small 8vo; unmarked internally; [first:] publisher's blue boards, silver lettering to spine, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket with design by Anna Lovell, a few small chips and tears to edges, light rubbing to extremities; [proof:] publisher's green wrappers printed in black, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket with design by Anna Lovell, somewhat worn and rubbed; a very good set.

• Binding: Hardcover

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