Dirty Beasts commemorative Gift inscription written across the

Gift inscription written across the titlepage

Original decorative red cloth

From the library of Ballynatray Estate

slightly stained

Lightl blue board decorated with a blackbird and lettered in black

Dirty Beasts commemorative Gift inscription written across theLondon: Jonathan Cape, 1983. First Edition, first printing, with the dedication on the imprint page and yellow endpapers. Original illustrated boards, spine and front board lettered in yellow, white and red. No jacket, as issued. Colour full page illustrations, monochrome in text illustrations, by Rosemary Fawcett. A few light spots of foxing to titlepage. No old inscriptions or other internal markings. A VG+ copy. A collection of poetry about animals