Item #409190 The Edinburgh Caper. A One-Man International Plot. St. Clair MCKELWAY.
The Edinburgh Caper. A One-Man International Plot
Dedication Copy

The Edinburgh Caper. A One-Man International Plot

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Original red, blue and patterned cloth; pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket with some light rubbing. Item #409190

First edition of The New Yorker author's first full-length book. The dedication copy, inscribed beneath the printed dedication "For Maeve" (his wife Maeve Brennan): "with love from Mac." Beneath his inscription, McKelway has drawn a small sketch of his face. An Irish short story writer and journalist, Maeve Brennan was one of McKelway's five wives. (BA).

Price: $750.00