Herbert (James) The Survivor
£295
London, New English Library, 1976.
First edition. 8vo. Original dark grey boards lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The third novel, sitting between The Fog and Fluke and marking Herbert’s turn from catastrophe to the supernatural: a 747 comes down in flames outside Eton, killing over three hundred people, all except the co-pilot, David Keller, who walks from the wreckage without a scratch and without memory, while around the crash site the town begins to fester with something the dead have not finished.
A key early Herbert: near fine jackets are getting properly difficult.
In stock
Slight toning to text-block as often; boards slightly softened at head of spine, otherwise very good; jacket price-clipped, very minor rubbing to head of spine and fore-corner tips, but overall a near fine example.
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