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

London: W.H. Allen, 1981. [Autobiographical novel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.290 [6]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket showing a white publisher's label re-pricing the book to £7.95. A clean and crisp copy. Minor bumping to spine, slight wear to price-clipped dust-jacket top edge. Near fine. Item #62504
Price: £95.00