2. AMIS, Martin. The Rachel Papers. London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. 8vo. Original black cloth, gilt spine title, in dust jacket. Condition: extremities of jacket very lightly rubbed.
first edtion of amis’ first novel, wherein the narrator Charles Highway loses the girl and comes of age. Adapted into an unjustly overlooked (at least in the U.S.) 1989 film with Ione Skye, James Spader, Jonathan Pryce, etc.
[With:] the uncorrected proof of the above. 8vo. In the original wraps with the upper joint lightly rubbed.
est. $400 – $600