THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK

First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with some light spotting to the closed text block edge, prelims, and infrequently to the margins are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the very good rubbed, nicked and spotted dustwrapper that has some toning and water marks to the spine. Not price-clipped (10s. 6d on the front flap).

This is the first printing, identified by the 'Ihad' misprint on page 7 and with the publisher's price of 10s 6d net to the front flap (later increased to 12s 6d). The author's penultimate play, a comedy about a tangled web of relationships and mistaken identity in verse. Published on 5 March 1954 in an edition of 20,000 copies. (Gallup A64).