Kingsley Amis — The Green Man

London, Jonathan Cape, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Kingsley Amis' only foray into supernatural horror. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper designed by Colin Andrews. A Times Literary Supplement reviewer described The Green Man as "three genres of novel in one": ghost story, moral fable, and comic novel. The novel reflects Amis' willingness to experiment with genre novels (e.g. The Alteration (science fiction/alternate history), or Colonel Sun: a James Bond Adventure) while displaying many of the characteristics of his conventional novels, both in superficial aspects such as fogeyishness and problems with alcohol, and in more substantive aspects such as a self-reflective observation of human cruelty and selfishness in everyday relations. In original cloth binding with original unclipped illustrated dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Some light sunning to the extremities. Dustwrapper with light rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, though with some light spotting to the textblock edge and endpapers. Ink marks and signature to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good Indeed.