Robin Chapman:

A Waste of Public Money; or, The Education of Charlie Williams.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. 222pp. Fine copy, clean, fresh and unmarked. Bookseller's miniature label to pastedown under jacket flap. In the original orange cloth, spine titled gilt: fresh, bright and sharp, without blemish. In the protected unclipped dust jacket. This has some minimal signs of handling, chiefly to the lower panel - faint marks, slight crease to top edge. As the blurb puts it, 'Told in the first person, A Waste of Public Money is a very funny and alarming novel.' An exceptional copy of Chapman's scarce first novel. Fine / near fine. Item #19621110

Price: £185.00