Eagle and Earwig: Essays on Books and Writers de Colin Wilson - 1965

London: John Baker. Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has browned, and has a stain on the back. Corners have been bumped. Endpapers have faded. .

LONDON : JOHN BAKER , 1965 Green cloth boards with orange blocked title slip and gilt titles to spine, 225 x 145 mm approx. 278 pp. First edition 1965. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Very Good (Book- offset browning bands to free end papers, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - spine a little tanned and some - liquid splash marks. Non price clipped - cover 30s. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

London: John Baker, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 278. 8vo., measuring 5.5" x 8.75". Publisher's original dark-green cloth over boards with gilt lettering over orange spine label. Lightest bumps to the head-and-tail of spine otherwise, the extremities remain remarkably well-preserved showing no additional flaws. Contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good, lightly rubbed, price-clipped, dustjacket showing a few light spots to the front panel, and light wear along the edges (now housed in protective mylar cover). An uncommon offering of the first printing of this early collection of essays by the late English novelist, and philosopher. Overall, very good. "Colin Wilson was born in Leicester in 1931, the son of a boot and shoe operative. An early interest in science developed in his teens into an interest in literature and philosophy; the result was that in his early twenties he worked… Leer más

John Baker, 1965. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine, faintly worn, slightly toned dust jacket in mylar cover.. Signed by the author.