Alan Sillitoe — Mountains and Caverns

London, W. H. Allen, 1975. First edition. Hardback. The scarce double-signed first edition, first impression of this collection of essays by the author Alan Sillitoe, with the original unclipped dust wrapper and with a personal dedication to the poet Yehuda Amichai. The first edition, first impression of the work. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Double-signed with a personal dedication to the poet Yehuda Amichai, one of Israel's greatest poets, and his widow, Hanna Amichai, to the recto of the front endpaper. Scarce. Alan Sillitoe was a Nottingham-born author best known for his works The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. He was one of the so-called 'angry young men' writing in 1950s Britain, although it should be noted that Sillitoe disapproved of this label, as did the others who felt themselves to have been clumsily grouped together by critics. Mountains and Caverns collects fifteen revised non-fiction essays by Sillitoe which tackle social and political issues and reflect on his journey as a writer. It also offers for the first time to the public eye his autobiographical work titled 'The Long Piece&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very attractive with just a touch of discolouration to the front board. Fractional bumping to the tail of the spine and extremities. Light offsetting to the pastedowns and first free endpapers. Author's double signature and personal dedication to the Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai and his widow Hanna Amichai to the recto of the front endpaper. Slight offsetting to the flyleaves of the wrap and a touch of rubbing to the top and bottom edge; generally, slight shelf wear. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.