Long Lankin. London: Secker & Warburg, 1970. First Edition. Pp, 189. Black cloth boards, in pictorial dust jacket. Jacket is price-clipped, otherwise a nice bright copy.

Banville’s first book, published when he was 24 years old, is a collection of short stories by the Man Booker Prize-winning author. They explore the passionate emotions that course beneath the surface of everyday life.

A significantly revised edition with a previously uncollected story added, was published in 1984.