Tom Sharpe — Riotous Assembly

London, Secker and Warburg, 1971 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of British comic Tom Sharpe's first novel, set in Apartheid South Africa. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Set in the fictitious town of Piemburg, in South Africa, Sharpe lampoons the apartheid, and the police officers who enforced it.The first novel from English satirical novelist Tom Sharpe, best known for 'Porterhouse Blue', and his series of 'Wilt' novels. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Minor bump to back strip head, otherwise externally fine. Light sunning to dust wrapper back strip. Small closed tear to head of front wrap, with minor closed tear to tail of fold over front joint. Small closed tear and light folds to tail of front wrap. Closed tear to tail of fold of front flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.