John Brunner is something of an odd author for me. I have nice firsts of Stand on Zanzibar and The Sheep Look Up, and pick up his signed first editions when I see them cheap, but I’m not actively trying collect everything he wrote.
But I saw this on sale on eBay from a major UK dealer who has tons of nice stuff that’s usually at prices in excess of what I want to spend, and thought it was worth picking up.
Brunner, John. The Crutch of Memory. Barrie and Rockcliff, 1964. First edition hardback (“First published 1964,” as per Currey), a Near Fine- copy with dust soiling to page block edges, slight bumping at head and heel and extremely slight blunting of points, in a Very Good dust jacket with shallow chipping at head and heel, some dust soiling around the edge of the white rear cover, foxing to blind side of dj spine and edges, and general wear. With Brunner’s own ownership bookplate affixed to front flap. Brunner’s first mainstream novel. Currey, 1979, page 70. de Bolt, The Happening World of John Brunner, page 205. Bought £9.50 plus shipping.
