Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition, first printing. Publisher's original grey card covers printed in black. A very good copy, the binding firm with mild tanning of the covers, the spine rolled. Proof reader's annotations to the spine, upper cover and margins of several pages throughout. Otherwise a very clean and bright example of a scarce book in first edition and a rare one in proof form.
The author's second published book (although her fifth completed novel), preceding her Kinsey Millhone mysteries by more than a decade. The novel, for which there was no equivalent American publication, formed the basis for the 1973 Richard C. Sarafin directed film 'Lolly-Madonna XXX' starring Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Gary Busey, Season Hubley and Randy Quaid.
Stock code: 25744
£1,250
London: Peter Owen.
1969