Saint Jack [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]

London: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1973. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); blue-gray paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-250,[6]pp. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Lower right board corner gently tapped (though still sharp), tiny indentation to lower rear board edge; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £2.25 net), with light wear to extremities and a few tiny tears; Near Fine. Theroux's sixth novel, basis for Peter Bogdanovich's 1979 film of the same name, starring Ben Gazzara as Jack Flowers.