Tactical Exercise.

£2,750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

presentation copy to Frances Donaldson Presentation copy of this first edition of short stories, for which there is no British equivalent, inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, 'For Frankie / with love from / Evelyn / Christmas 1954'. First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo; bookplate to front free endpaper, else internally fine; publisher's teal cloth, gilt lettering to spine, extremities faintly rubbed, upper edge and spine sunned, with the original unclipped dust-jacket, the faintest of abrasions at head of spine, else fine, housed in modern teal cloth clamshell box.

• Binding: Hardcover

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