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Elton, Ben.
Stark.
Publisher: Michael Joseph, London;
Date of Publication: 1989
Stock Code: 9148
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. v, [1], 452, [2]. Publishers’ midnight blue cloth with silver titles to spine, in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt. Spine tips slightly creased, and lower edge of lower board very lightly bruised; leaves lightly toned as usual, otherwise clean and bright. No annotation or inscriptions. Jacket a little surface scuffed with minor creasing to edge. A Near Fine copy in like jacket. Elton’s debut novel, a best-selling satirical comedy of environmental issues set in Australia and Space. The book sold well over a million copies and launched his writing career. £45.00