A Surfeit of Sun

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Jack Larkin -- Cover Art. Green/blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Jack Larkin, with white coloured background With black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A young lawyer returns home to find that the fetish-priests are demanding a human sacrifice so that the fish will return to her home island. She finds herself caught up in events beyond her control. Author's first book. Bumping to the top spine edge and to the top book edges. Foxing and browning to the top paper edges and there is lighter foxing and browning to the other paper edges. Offset tanning and browning to the endpapers and the internal pages had become quite age toned. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and there has been rubbing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. There is a 0.25 "split to the top right-hand corner of the spine and a 0.2" tear to the rear spine edge with an associated crease across the full width of the spine. The spine has become sun darkened. The white background has become dull and yellow. Original bookseller's price sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front fold over panel. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pages, last 4 blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Jack Larkin -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Africa; First Work; Inventory No: 0104413. .