J. I. M. Stewart — The Man Who Won the Pools

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1961. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of J. I. M. Stewart's novel, complete with an unclipped yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. A humorous novel, following Phil Tombs as he manoeuvres life after winning nearly a quarter of a million pounds.J. I. M. Stewart (1906-1994) was a Scottish novelist who often published crime fiction under the pseudonym Michael Innes. He also wrote critical studies of important writers alongside his fiction work.Complete with the iconic yellow Gollancz dust wrapper, which is unclipped.From Westwick House library collection; containing their bookplate. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, with just the slightest rubbing to the gilt lettering of the spine. Dust wrapper is a touch sunned to the spine, with some slight wear to the head of the spine, but is otherwise in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.