(12.5x19.5cm + 12.5x3cm) Original 'Rough' for the front panel and spine of the jacket on the UK first of a Jamaican novel featuring a slave heroine. Gouache on card, depicting the protagonist being sold at a slave market, laid down on thick black paper, closely resembling but not quite identical to the final design as published by Ernest Benn. The image comes from a substantial collection of Sax's jacket designs. De Lisser was British born to Afro-Jewish parents but was educated and worked as a journalist in Jamaica where his first novel, Jane, was the earliest west-Indian novel to have a black central character. Near Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

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Title: Original Dustjacket 'Rough': Psyche
Publisher: London Ernest Benn 1952
Publication Date: 1952
Condition: Near Fine

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Christian White Rare Books Ltd, has been buying and selling rare books and manucripts since 2006. We serve collectors of every kind, from all over the world, as well as supplying books to institutional rare book collections. We welcome direct contact from customers via ABEbooks and via our own website; we are pleased to offer a discount to members of the book trade: do get in touch. We would love to hear from you if you have interesting books, manuscripts, archives and handwritten items to sell. Company Number: 7980586

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