Stone (Robert) A Hall of Mirrors
£125
London, Bodley Head, 1968.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, priced 28s.
The first UK edition of US author Stone’s first novel, winner of both the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship, and a William Faulkner Foundation Award for best first novel. The film was transferred to the big screen in 1970, as WUSA, starring Paul Newman.
In stock
A near fine copy in very good jacket.
Jacket design by Yvonne Skargon.
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