LONDON FIELDS - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, SIGNED
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1989. First Edition. Item #8194
First Impression. Octavo (20.75cm); publisher's white card wrappers, with titles printed in black on spine and front cover; [viii],396,[2]pp. Signed by the author in black pen on the front wrapper, beneath his printed name. Light wear to extremities, some rubbing and trivial dust-soil to wrappers, else internally clean; Very Good+.
Uncorrected proof copy of Amis's sixth novel, a reduced-sized photocopy of the author's corrected typescript, with the contents differing significantly from the later advance copies in pictorial wrappers. A black comedy mystery centered around a clairvoyant woman involved in affairs with three different men – one of whom is ultimately her killer. Basis for Mathew Cullen's 2018 film adaptation, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Amber Heard. 8194.
Price: $375.00