NARAYAN, R. K. ~ The Guide

FIRST UK PRINTING. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London: 1958

8vo., black publisher's boards lettered in silver to spine with red peacock device and publisher's name to foot; together in the striking dustwrapper by Pat Marriott (15s. net); THE BOOK a wonderful copy, very lightly offset to endpapers but otherwise near-fine; THE WRAPPER clean and bright with some darkening to folds, spine and lower panel, a couple of splashes, and some small chips to spine ends and top of rear fold. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First edition, first printing. For 'The Guide', the author won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1960. The book is wonderfully accompanied by the pictorial dustwrapper featuring an image by Pat Marriott.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Near Fine