A Severed Head

First edition. 8vo., 251, (1) pp. Reddish brown paper-covered boards stamped in gilt to spine. Dustjacket designed by John Woodcock (priced 18s net to front flap).

A 'Book Society Alternative Choice'.

Signed by Author to title page.

Foxing to top and fore-edge, as this title is wont, pencil notations to rear, recording occasion of book signing and subsequent readings, else Fine.

Author's fifth novel, later adapted for the stage by J.B. Priestley. A comedy of manners and a harbinger of the 1960s sexual revolution set in a middle-class, London milieu. Dramatised for the big screen in 1970 by Frederic Raphael, in a production directed by Dick Clement and starring Claire Bloom, Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough and Ian Holm.

[Fletcher & Bove, A 483]