Urgent Copy: Literary Studies

London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 272pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Mustard yellow and white illustrated wraps, with the title printed in black on the spine and front cover. Very good. A date and numerical notation have been written in pen on the spine and front cover. The top and fore text block edges are lightly foxed. Anthony Burgess' personal selection of the best of his book reviews during a period of six years. These essays reflect his wide range of interests: from Elizabethan poetry to the contemporary American novel.