DISGRACE

First edition in this form. Signed by the author and the artist. Original yellow cloth with paper title inlays lettered in yellow and grey to the spine and upper board. With a signed, numbered print by Jo Ratcliffe in a cloth chemise. The book and print are housed together in a yellow cloth slipcase. Illustrated with a black and white double-page fold-out photographic plate by Ratcliffe. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. The print is in fine condition. Complete with the fine slipcase. A lovely copy.

Issued in a limited edition of 300 copies, this example is numbered 111 and signed J. M. Coetzee in black ink on the title page. The print is signed by Jo Ratcliffe in pencil along the bottom edge. A further 35 deluxe copies and 15 hors d' commerce unsigned copies were also issued. Only the deluxe issue, numbered 1-35 in roman numerals, is stated as including the print and slipcase, making this example, numbered 111, something of an anomaly. A special edition of the first chapter of Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning novel 'Disgrace', issued by the Oak Tree Press, a private press that donates its profits to organisations assisting children living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, as the second volume in their 'First Chapters' series.