The Pure and The Impure : First printing

True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (25s). Translated from the French by Herma Briffault. Introduction by Janet Flanner. Jacket has faults - namely minor edge/shelf wear, minor patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine, corners and top of front inner flap), a few small (approx. 5mms) tears, little creasing/rubbing to edges, little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, the odd small mark, minor fading to spine, little pushing/bumping to corners, the odd spot of foxing, little creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps and is in only good condition. Boards are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Previous owner's name and date in pen to front end-paper. Pages bit tanned. Odd small mark/spots of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. …