HOBAN, Russell. The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz. London: Jonathan Cape. 1973. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Publisher’s cream cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the striking wraparound dust jacket designed by John Hurford. This copy inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, ‘to John, best wishes, Russ Hoban 18.4.78’. A sharp copy, the cloth clean, binding tight and gently rolled, the contents clean throughout. The dust jacket unclipped and a trifle bumped at some edges, but sharp overall.
The author’s first adult novel about father and son mapmakers in what transpires to be contemporary London. Uncommon signed.
HOBAN, Russell. The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz. London: Jonathan Cape. 1973. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Publisher’s cream cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the striking wraparound dust jacket designed by John Hurford. This copy inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, ‘to John, best wishes, Russ Hoban 18.4.78’. A sharp copy, the cloth clean, binding tight and gently rolled, the contents clean throughout. The dust jacket unclipped and a trifle bumped at some edges, but sharp overall.
The author’s first adult novel about father and son mapmakers in what transpires to be contemporary London. Uncommon signed.
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