TONKS, Rosemary. The Bloater.

TONKS, Rosemary. The Bloater. London: The Bodley Head. 1968.

8vo. Publisher’s brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine, in the illustrated dust-jacket by Derrick Greaves with the printed price 21s and £1.05 to front flap; pp. 158, [2 (blank)]; very minor wear to hinges of flaps to jacket, small adhesive mark to front panel, otherwise a bright and crisp copy; near fine.

First edition, first impression, ‘this is the story of a witty, capricious, but vulnerable young woman of London, caught in the more than half-serious dilemma of whom to choose as a lover.’ (jacket)

SKU: 2125607