Christine Brooke-Rose — The Dear Deceit

London, Secker and Warburg, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce semi-autobiographical novel by Christine Brooke-Rose in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.Scarce. In the publisher's original cloth with the original clipped dust wrapper. This novel was written by Christine Brooke-Rose, a former professor and author. The work tells the story of Alfred Northbrook Hayley, a scheming and manipulative man who provides a semi-biographical representation of the author's father. The work follows Alfred's life in reverse, starting in adulthood and ending at his childhood. In the publisher's original cloth with the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only very minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and very light offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap is very smart with slight sunning to the spine, handling marks to the rear, slight edge wear and offsetting to the verso. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and clean pages. Scattered spotting to the top edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.