The Worm and The Ring

London: Heinemann, 1961 First edition, first printing. Publisher's maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust jacket with illustration by John Rowland. A fine copy with previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; in an unclipped dust jacket with very slight toning to the spine, light soiling to the rear panel, and a tiny tear to the upper front panel. An excellent,… Read more about this item

A First UK printing published by Heinemann in 1961. The BOOK is in near FINE condition. The binding is tight and the book is free from inscriptions and erasures. Mild bumping to the lower corners. The text block is lightly toned but the pages are clean with just some light finger marking to a very few pages. The gilt titling… Read more about this item

THE WORM AND THE RING, Heinemann, 1961, first edition., some light wear to the f.e.p. & f.p.d., else just about fine in full color pictorial laminated boards consisting of the very same art work of the dust-wrapper issued with the trade edition, this being apparently the library issue binding. Quite scarce as this title was suppressed and destroyed due… Read more about this item

THE WORM AND THE RING, Heinemann, 1961, first edition., some age toning to the page edges, else vg+ in like color pictorial dust-wrapper with some light rubbing to the rear dust-wrapper panel. Quite scarce as this title was suppressed and destroyed due to potential libel.