Tom Sharpe — Riotous Assembly
London, Secker & Warburg, 1971. First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of British comic Tom Sharpe's first novel, set in Apartheid South Africa. The first edition, first impression.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. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with only a slight lean. The wrap is also lovely with sunning to the spine , as is usual with this work. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Light spotting to the top edge. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.
