The Clam Shell [Signed bookplate laid in]

London: The Bodley Head, 1971. Very Good +/Very Good. London: The Bodley Head, 1971. First UK Edition. Octavo (20.3 cm); 256pp. Publisher’s pink and white dust jacket intact with price (£2.00). Boards full bound in blue paper with gilt stamping on spine. Dust jacket slightly sunned and lightly soiled; has small tears, creases, and rubbing at all margins and spine ends. Price sticker residue and small line of black marking on front cover. Verso has tape at top margin and spine ends from previous owner’s repair. Board margins show shelf wear; corners bumped and spine ends rubbed. Top edge foxed. Back pasted endsheet has pencil markings in the corner. Pages clean. A Very Good or better copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate signed by Mary Lee Settle loosely laid in.