London, Secker & Warburg, (1975). The first British edition of his second novel, winner of the National Book Award and one of the best novels to link the impact of the Vietnam war on American society in the Sixties to the dark side of that era -- the official corruption and the underside of the drug experiences of a generation. An unaccountably scarce edition. Reportedly 2500 copies were printed but it turns up very seldom, far less often than A Hall of Mirrors, which is reported to have had a first printing of only 1000 copies. Printed in the U.S. and with a similar binding to the U.S. edition, but with a different dust jacket design. This copy has a very faint stamp on the front flyleaf, a slight spine lean, and a touch of fading to the edges; still near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the usual fading to the spine lettering. We've seen this edition only three times in over 30 years (always with faded spines). Without question, the scarcest of Stone's trade editions. [#027747] SOLD