The Viking Press, 1973, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Fair, First

Black coloured endpapers. 1/4 pink coloured cloth covered backstrip with metallic green and black titles. 3/4 black coloured boards with metallic green illustration to the front panel. Green coloured tint to the top text block edge. Rubbing to the book edges and fading to the top book edges. Plain text dustwrapper, with white coloured background, and green and purple coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A look at modern man's attempts to evade life's problems through magical solutions. Rubbing of the book edges with some fading to the book edges. Age toning of the text block edges and pages and foxing has occurred to the top text edge. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and there is browning to the white of the background. There are two tears to the top right-hand and top left-hand corner of the front panel measuring 1 inch image and the top edge of the panel has curled between the two tears. Curling of the top rear dust wrapper edge and there was foxing to the top dustwrapper rear edge and a little to the top edge of the verso of the dustwrapper. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Creasing to the lower right-hand corner of the front fold over panel. This is the First USA Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIII, 9-418 pages, last three pages blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0670137251. ISBN/EAN: 9780670137251. Inventory No: 0110237.