The Great Alphonse by Lawrence Levine, 1960, 1st UK edition, Secker & Warburg

Published by Secker & Warburg, London, 1960. First UK edition, first printing. First published in the United States by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, in 1959.

A very good black cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine. Its attractive dustjacket designed by Charles Pickard. The jacket is good with some sun marks to covers and toned to spine. Some discreet tape strengthening to reverse. Not price clipped. Jacket now housed in clear, protective, removable plastic. Soundly bound.

Some offsetting opposite inner flaps of dustjacket, and previous owner's signature to first free endpaper. Text is bright and clean throughout.

Text in English.

408pp.

Dimensions: approximately 210mm high x 141mm wide x 35mm deep.

Weight: approximately 506g (unpacked).