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A FIRST EDITION (American, preceding the first British by months), First Printing, with all correct points (black cloth, yellow/white/red lettering, $3.75 price to lower front DJ flap), One of the author's later works, maintaining all of his earlier satiric wit as he explores the "multiple desperate crises" facing our hero, Frederick Fotheringay Widgeon, "a young man at loggerheads with fortune." In 46 pages + [1] author bio, SIGNED by the AUTHOR with his usual "Best Wishes" & name to ffep. Small octavo has matte black cloth over quarter slightly blacker cloth-covered boards, lettered as described above. Condition is VG-: modest rubbing & fading to extremities, slight corner bumping., dust dulling to outside page edges. Interior pages modestly tanned, but unmarked, with scattered offsetting to endpapers. The unclipped DJ is only Fair, with a few unclosed tears, small chips & holes to extremities, numerous small chips; nicely covered in new clear mylar cover (removed for photo accuracy). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Seller Inventory # 024279
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Ice in the Bedroom
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1961
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: VG-
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: First American Edition First Printing
