Stories and Plays.

£175 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A collection of stories in which the writer reveals himself in all his incarnations - as playwright, as novelist, as short-story writer and critic. Including his unfinished novel, Slattery's Sago Saga, the humorous short story Faustus Kelly, and the controversial essay on James Joyce, A Bash in the Tunnel. First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's faux-marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, with the unclipped pictorial dust-jacket by Ralph Steadman, short split to spine at joint, light creasing to extremities, else very good.

• Binding: Hardcover

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