Sharpe (Tom) Indecent Exposure
£395
London, Secker & Warburg, 1973.
First edition, first impression. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
The author’s second satirical novel, warmly inscribed by him to Peter Giddy, referencing the latter’s “Dornford Yates club”.
In stock
Boards slightly softened at head of spine; cloth with minor rubbing to extremities, but overall very good with price present and no fading to spine.
Jacket artwork by Salim Patel.
Peter Giddy (inscribee), a prominent and long-serving bookseller and manager at Hatchards, London’s oldest bookshop on Piccadilly.
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