William Demby - The Catacombs

1st edition, Pantheon.  Unclipped DJ has paper loss at upper left hand corner of cover with closed tear below the paper loss, closed tear at bottom of spine & some paper loss at top of spine; further paper loss on lower rear cover, some paper loss at at rear top with a tape-repaired closed-tear (all the aforementioned are visible in the listing's photos).  Elsewhere, book is slightly cocked upward from how it was previously stored, bumping & some heavy wear at the top of the boards, some soiling on front red boards; black half cloth is clean, similarly gilt-lettering on spine is bright; binding is firm despite the cocking, text is clean.  An incredibly rare edition priced accordingly to its flaws.