JOHN WILLIAMS. — Augustus. A novel.

Allen Lane, London, 1st Edition, First UK Edition (first printing), issued a year after the considerably more common US edition. 8vo. 305pp. Brown boards lettered in gold at the spine. Map-illustrated endpapers. Contemporary former owner gift inscription neatly inked to a blank preliminary leaf, beneath within is the full signature of the recipient. A very good copy in price-clipped dust wrapper, with a touch of chafing and wear to the spine panel ends, and a short tear to the head of the front panel with a fraction of accompanying loss. The author's fourth and final novel, detailing the life of Roman Emperor Augustus. Joint-winner of The National Book Award (and thus the only one of Williams' four novels to receive wide acclaim during his lifetime)., Very Good, Very Good