Tom Sharpe — Ancestral Vices

London , Secker and Warburg, 1980. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this humorous novel from English satirical author Tom Sharpe. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.'Ancestral Vices' follows a lone professor who gets hired by capitalist Lord Petrefact to uncover the corrupt history of the family. From English satirical novelist, Tom Sharpe, who is best known for his 'Wilt' series, as well as 'Porterhouse Blue' and 'Blott on the Landscape', all three of which were adapted for television. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with bumping to the extremities and minor edgewear. Dust wrapper has edgewear and marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.