Leonard Cohen - The Spice-Box of Earth - First British Edition

COHEN, Leonard (1934-2016).

The Spice-Box of Earth.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1973.

FIRST EDITION, first impression, hardcover issue. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.93; [3]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket designed by Martin Vaughn-James, author photograph by Sophie Baker, printed price of £1.50 net to front flap.

A little toned to edges, binding bumped to top corners and once to the top edge of the upper board. Dust-jacket shows well, light bruised to extremities, some dustiness where the laminate finishes. Near fine.

The first British edition of the book that established Leonard Cohen's reputation as a poet, first published in Canada in 1961.