"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka

London: Neville Spearman, 1963. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.215. Publisher's orange cloth binding lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper by Nicholls, priced at 15s. net. A little dustiness to edges, jacket lightly soiled with a few small nicks. Publisher's review slip to flyleaf, later label noting provenance loosely inserted. From the library of noted crime novelist, critic and broadcaster Anthony Lejeune [pseudonym of Edward Anthony Thompson, 1928-2018]. Item #54067
Price: £275.00