LAMMING, George ~ In the Castle of my Skin.

FIRST UK PRINTING. Michael Joseph, London: 1953.

8vo., grey publisher's cloth, lettered typographically in white and gold to spine; in the unclipped pictorial dustwrapper (15s. net); with dustwrapper design, decorative purple endpapers, and frontis line drawing of the author all by West Indian Artist Denis Williams; THE BOOK near-fine, mild bumping to spine tips, with faint spotting to the outer edges of the text block; the very good DUSTWRAPPER with some even browning and spotting; creased along folds, with some nicking, chipping and short closed tears, particularly at spine tips; one 1cm closed tear to the lower panel; repaired internally with tape. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First edition, first printing. Very scarce. The author's debut novel.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Very Good