Flashman

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. First printing in publisher’s original red cloth-covered boards. Spine lettering stamped in silver. Maps of Kabul and the Khyber Pass as endpapers. 256 pp, including bibliographical references and glossary. Publisher's original dust jacket, designed by A. E Barbosa, unclipped, and showing price of 25s. Entire case (boards and backstrip) covered with self-adhesive, non-removable, clear plastic protective film (think, “bargain-basement vellucent”); otherwise in excellent condition, unmarred, un-rubbed, with sharp tips. Binding solid and square. Lightly penciled (presumed early re-sale) price of £1 on front free endpaper. Previous owner’s bookplate affixed to verso of front free endpaper. Else, pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket spine faded, as typical with this issue; front and back panels bright. Dust jacket now in removable protective archival cover. First of the twelve novels in Fraser's “The Flashman Papers” series. (Inventory #: 307)