John Cheever — The Wapshot Scandal
London, Victor Gollancz, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this follow-up novel to Cheever's award-winning 'The Wapshot Chronicle&apos. The scandal of the title involves one of the Wapshot wives running off with an 18 year-old bagboy from the local A&P and making a life with him in Italy. In a red cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, with just some light shelfwear. Dustwrapper has some marks and chipping. Internally, firmly bound. Bookplate to front free-endpaper. Pages are bright, and quite clean, with just the occasional instance of foxing. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.