First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with titles in gilt to the spine, in the Slatter-Anderson designed dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss, or tears. Not price-clipped (£12.95 net to the lower front flap).
Signed by Anthony Burgess in blue ink to the title page. The author's thirtieth novel, a modern update of the Excalibur legend, is divided into six parts numbered in Welsh ("Un", "Dau", "Tri", "Pedwar", "Pump", "Chwech" and "Saith").
Stock code: 28882
£45
London: Hutchinson.
1989