Neville Braybrooke - The Idler

London, Secker & Warburg, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the only novel by Neville Braybrook, a smart copy signed by the author to Van Wyck Brooks. The first edition, first impression.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, inscribed "To Van Wyck Brooks, with the authors best wishes, 1963". Van Wyck Brooks was an American literary critic, biographer, and historian. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The only novel of Neville Braybrooke, a haunting novel of a post-war dilemma and its resolution, following a man as he tries to find a missing link from by past. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is smart, with very light edge wear. Spine is age-toned. Light spots and handling marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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