Vacation by Alan Sheridan - 1972

Blake Editions, London - first edition 1972 Hardcover, 8¾" x 5½", with dust jacket Jacket is in transparent protective sleeve. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket In this, his first novel, Sheridan takes the reader on a fascinating eight-day holiday around the world, with extended visits to China (in 1840s) and Japan (1970s). Meanwhile, from his Earl's Court room, he invesitigates a London cemetery, visits the Chamber of Horrors, attends a lecture on Egyptian burial ceremonies, and interviews an undertaker, and keeps a scrapbook of the bizarre (an appendix to this book). The author is regarded as the finest living translator of French Literature.

London:: Blake Editions,, 1972. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine in VG+ DJ. Note laid in by author to previous owner. Light rubbing to cloth edges. Light sunning to dj, light creasing to edges.