One Small Boy

First edition. Hardback in dust jacket. With publisher’s review slip loosely inserted. 319pp. A few scratches to boards, gilt to spine slightly rubbed. Light foxing to edges of text block and prelims. Jacket with some browning and a few small chips to extremities; minor loss to head of lower panel. *** Autobiographical novel by Irish-born playwright and novelist Bill Naughton (1910-1992) best-known for his novel Alfie (1966). Wonderful dust jacket design by Gerard Dillon. A very good copy, with publisher’s review slip.