The Third Policeman. London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1967. Second Impression. Pp, 200. Brown paper boards, title lettered in gilt to spine, in publisher’s pictorial dust jacket, designed by John Farman. Jacket lightly toned, mild spotting to fore-edge, otherwise a nice bright copy.

Voted novel of the year, it received rave reviews as a ‘triumph of a book’ and ‘The magical stimulation of this superbly alert humour, delivered in a prose style of wonderful clarity and full of charm.’

The Observer commented ‘I think, even with Ulysses and Finnegans Wake behind him, James Joyce might have been envious!’