BYATT, A. S. ~ Possession. A Romance. Signed by the author.

FIRST UK PRINTING. Chatto & Windus, London: 1990.

8vo., navy blue publisher's boards, lettered in gilt to spine; together in the unclipped pictorial dustwrapper (£13.95) featuring the image of 'The Beguiling of Merlin' by Sir Edward Burne-Jones; and a black and white photograph of the author to the lower flap; matching blue ribbon marker; THE BOOK near-fine, slightly sunned and bumped at edges, with overall light toning to the paper stock, as is common; the WRAPPER aside from very minor creasing to the edges, fine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First UK edition, first printing. This copy signed by the author to the title page. A 1990 Booker Prize bookmark is also loosely inserted. A Booker Prize-winning novel.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Fine