Hervey

1957 · 52523 — London: Secker & Warburg. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very nice first printing of the British edition; shallow 2-inch scratch on the top of pageblock that produced a jagged edge to a few page tops sounds worse than it is gentle rubbing to jacket edges subtle soiling to jacket back else a tight bright crisp unmarked copy in unclipped mylar-wrapped dust jacket bearing a 18s price; the jacket is surprisingly clean and vivid in color; the book is remarkably well-preserved; a first printing with no later statements on copyright page; basis for the 1957 film of the same name for which Joanne Woodward won an Academy Award portraying Eve; photos available . Secker & Warburg hardcover