Thou Shalt Not Uncover Thy Mother's Nakedness by George Hayim - 1988-11-01

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,pale grey background with subject's/author's contemporary portrait b/w photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,rear panel with full-length b/w photograph of his mother, with black,blue and faded (?) red lettering to front and spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges though lightly toned are bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain pale grey cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a white headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-232pp [paginated] includes 24 chapters and a postscript,8pp contemporary b/w auto+ biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp122/3;… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Quartet, 1988. Grey bds with bright gilt title (not worn) pp232 with 23 illus (not incribed) ep faintly foxed, DJ not worn.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Quartet Books, 1988. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Signed in ink, by the author, George Hayim, and wonderfully inscribed on the front endpaper, and dated 1988. Not inscribed to a named person, just a wonderful flamboyant inscription. Illustrated in black & white with photographs of George Hayim and his family, friends, etc. Great photographs of Hayim with Jean Genet, posing in costume in St. Tropez in 1968, also photographs of Edmonde, the subject of Hayim's 1965 novel, Obsession. 10" high X 6" wide, 232 pages. A rare signed copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.