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FOWLES, John.

The Collector.

The Collector.

Stock Code 104542

London, Jonathan Cape, 1963

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Author's first novel - signed. A very good first edition of John Fowles' landmark first book, inscribed in the year of publication, 'John Fowles, 1963'; such coeval inscriptions are distinctly uncommon. The jacket design by Tom Adams hints darkly at the novel's contents...

First edition, first impression, signed & dated by the author; 8vo; publisher's brick red cloth, titles to spine gilt, brown topstain, pictorial dust jacket with artwork by Tom Adams, a near-fine copy in the minimally rubbed dust jacket with a few marks to the rear panel.

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