Cocksure [Signed bookplate laid in]

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1968. Very Good/Very Good. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1968. First Canadian Edition. Octavo (21.3 cm), 250pp. Publisher's bright yellow illustrated dust jacket with price intact ($5.95). Boards bound in black cloth with silver stamping on spine. Fore-edge deckled. Dust jacket sunned on spine, with minor rubbing, tears, and creases at margins and spine ends. One significant closed tear to bottom of front cover and another smaller tear to bottom rear. Verso lightly soiled. Boards lightly soiled and color sunned at head of spine and top margin. Spine ends bumped. Top edge shows faded top stain. Pages 7-13 soiled but readable; All other pages clean. A Very Good copy with a Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate signed by Mordecai Richler loosely laid in.