ADRIAN MITCHELL. — The Bodyguard. A novel. (PRESENTATION COPY)

Jonathan Cape, London, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing) - a presentation copy, inscribed by the author: "For John [Conroy] with love and many thanks for Teddy in Woman Overboard. Hoping to work with you again next year! Adrian. Peace 1988" and closing with his familiar elephant drawing. (The inscription relates to John Conroy's performance as Theodore Custer in Mitchell's 1988 version of Lope de Vega's play 'Woman Overboard'). 8vo. 187pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. Publisher's vibrant maroon stain to the top edge. A fine copy in fine price-clipped dust wrapper designed by Ken Sprague. The author's fourth book and second novel, a dystopian black comedy set in the 1980s (and still strikingly relevant)., Fine, Fine