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'.

Gift inscription to f.f.e.p. A bright copy in a very bright unclipped d/w, lightly soiled to rear panel, with a hint of rubbing to extremities and one small closed tear to the foot of the lower panel.

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]