By Arnold Wesker
London   Jonathan Cape
8" by 5" [8], 9-127pp
A signed first edition of these lectures, a presentation copy from the author to the publisher Tom Machler, in the original unclipped dustwrapper.
By Arnold Wesker

1970 Fears of Fragmentation

London   Jonathan Cape
8" by 5" [8], 9-127pp
A signed first edition of these lectures, a presentation copy from the author to the publisher Tom Machler, in the original unclipped dustwrapper.
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Author's Presentation Copy, First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Dustwrapper

The first edition of this work. Author's presentation copy, signed by the author to the title page and the preceding page, 'My dear Tom, This is your book because ... of all these lectures + bits you saw these other ... background ... and thats a real publisher, for you, love Arnold'. Tom Maschler's bookplate to the front pastedown. Maschler was the head of Jonathan Cape, who was one of the key figures in creating the Booker Prize in the 1960s. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. A collection of five lectures and two articles, including the moving titular lecture 'Fears of Fragmentation'. Written by Arnold Wesker, an English dramatist who wrote fifty plays during his career.

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In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Very minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A couple of light marks to the rear board. Dustwrapper with a few light marks, and some minor edge wear. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Signed by the author to the title page and the preceding page

Near Fine

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