Jackson (Neville, pseud. Gerald Marcus Glaskin) No End to the Way
£160
London, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
A novel chronicling a homosexual relationship, published under the pseudonym Neville Jackson by Gerald Marcus Glaskin (1923–2000), a Perth-born Australian author; it is recognised as the first overtly gay Australian novel, and was banned in Australia for over a year after publication despite remaining in print in Britain for twenty years.
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Ink name to front pastedown; a fine copy, in slightly rubbed but overall very good jacket.
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