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London: Putnam, 1956. First printing. The spine is slanted. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has two short tears. Light edge wear otherwise. The spine is darkened and the title lettering faded but legible. The price, 13s. 6d., is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Putnam, 1956. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.223; [1]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by L. Lamb [?], printed price 13s 6d net. Neat ownership to flyleaf, some spotting to preliminaries and to edges, dustiness to top edge. Spine ends pushed. Some spotting to dust-jacket, toned to spine with the text faded, some tears and nicking, some loss and fraying to top of the spine panel. Uncommon. Good. Admit One is MacInnes debut novel, having previously written her first collection of poems in 1953. It is a novel of the rivalry between two women throughout their childhood and marriages.