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Kingsley Amis: Lucky Jim. 1954. First Edition

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Kingsley Amis: Lucky Jim. 1954. First Edition

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Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis. 1954. First Edition.

Stated First Edition, Doubleday, New York, 1954.

Hardcover. Brick colored cloth over boards with cream lettering on spine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The Edward Gorey designed jacket is VG.

The author's first book which, more than any other, initiated post-WW II British and American black humor. Philip Larkin called it Miraculously and Intensely Funny.
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Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Name: Kingsley Amis: Lucky Jim. 1954. First Edition
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Price: 135 USD
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