John Wain — Nuncle and Other Stories
London, Macmillan and Co, 1960. First edition. Cloth. The first British edition of this collection of short stories from John Wain. Including titles such as 'Master Richard', 'A Message from the Pigman', 'Nuncle' and others. John Wain was a poet and novelist, as well as being a freelance journalist. His first novel, 'Hurry on Down', was a comic picaresque story about a graduate. Some of his other novels include 'Strike the Father Dead' and 'Young Shoulders&apos. In an orange cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Some light bumping to the boards. Dustwrapper has some minor loss and handling marks, along with some closed tears to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, though with some foxing to the endpapers and spotting to the fore-edge. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.
