IN BETWEEN THE SHEETS

First edition, first printing. Original black paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the spine tips lightly bumped. There is some spotting to the closed text-block edge and a little faint foxing internally, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed original dustwrapper that is worn and nicked at the head of the spine. Not price-clipped (£3.50 on the lower front flap).

Ian McEwan's second book and second collection of short stories. The dark and unsettling themes of McEwan's early stories and novels earned him the nickname 'Ian Macabre' and this collection lives up to the moniker, containing nurses who take surgical revenge on their cheating lover, a relationship between a woman and an ape, a post-apocalyptic London and a man who falls in love with a mannequin.