Robert Stone: A Flag for Sunrise. London, Secker & Warburg, 1981. 1st edition. 1st printing. Demi, 404 pp. Signed by Stone on half title page. No other marks or inscriptions. Copyright page printed to right-hand, rather than verso of title. Maroon cloth over boards & gilt. Price £6.95 to jacket flap, bearded photo of Stone to rear flap, and reviews of Dog Soldiers to back cover.

Stone’s third novel after the well received Dog Soldiers [“Dog Soldiers is the first novel out of Vietnam (apart, of course, from Graham Greene’s feat of prediction, The Quiet American) that this reviewer has seen to make sense of the emotional damage wreaked by the war … a parable of moral degeneracy, of the breakdown of civilised values.”

This is the story of a small, corrupt Latin America republic called Tecan. Gun-runners, revolutionaries and reprobates mingle with nuns, priests and journalists in a place on the edge of madness. Another parable of out times….

The signature of Robert Stone is uncommon, especially in the United Kingdom.

Condition: Clean and tight copy, with yellowing to the book block as is normal. Near fine in Very Good jacket. (internal crease to jacket flap, slight edge wear).