Deliverance.

£750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

presentation copy First edition of the author's first novel, the basis for the 1972 film of the same name. Inscribed by Dickey to the author to Robert Bertholf on the title page: 'to Robert Bertholf - / from / James Dickey'. First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's stone cloth, green lettering to spine and upper cover, green topstain, green endpapers slightly toned, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket, slightly rubbing and creasing to extremities, light toning and soiling, else very good.

• Binding: Hardcover

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