Defeat into Victory Agatha Christie Schoolteacher Nicholas Urfe finds himself

Schoolteacher Nicholas Urfe finds himself under the spell of the exotic Conchis in a delirious psychological game rendered with customary maverick style by the great John Fowles

Uninscribed copy

the lithographs by the Cloister Press

showing heavy foxing to panels and very light nibbling to extremities with virtually no loss

The book is presented in a hand-made clamshell box covered in matching red cloth with leather label to spine and the author's signature in gilt to front cover

Defeat into Victory Agatha Christie Schoolteacher Nicholas Urfe finds himselfDefeat into Victory, Field Marshal Viscount Slim. London: The Folio Society, 2017. First and only printing acording to Folio Society's latest bibliography. Introduction by Max Hastings. 251 178 44 mm. Pp. [iv] vixxiii [xxivxxviii], [15] 6588: [21] leaves of plates. Type: Garamond with Corinthian for display. Printed by Nomos. Bound by Josef Spinner in full green brown cloth blocked in gold; green endleaves. Printed slip case. The plates reproduce