A Severed Head

First edition. 8vo., 251, (1) pp. Reddish brown paper-covered boards stamped in gilt to spine. Dustjacket designed by John Woodcock (priced 18s net to front flap).

A 'Book Society Alternative Choice'.

Signed by Author to title page.

Foxing to top and fore-edge, as this title is wont, (easily erased) pencil notations to rear, recording occasion of book signing and subsequent readings, else Fine.

Author's fifth novel, later adapted for the stage by J.B. Priestley. A comedy of manners and a harbinger of the 1960s sexual revolution set in a middle-class, London milieu. Dramatised for the big screen in 1970 by Frederic Raphael, in a production directed by Dick Clement and starring Claire Bloom, Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough and Ian Holm.

[Fletcher & Bove, A 483]