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INSCRIBED FIRST UK EDITION of John Fowles' The Collector. Published in London by Jonathan Cape in 1963. First Published 1963 stated on copyright page. INSCRIBED by the author on a laid-in bookplate; inscription reads "Gill Moody, Johnson City/John Fowles/with sincerest good wishes/August, 2001 "Book fine. DJ fine. DJ price reads 18s net. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

The Collector is the debut novel of English author John Fowles. It was first published in 1963 by Jonathan Cape and is about a lonely young man, Frederick Clegg, who works as a clerk in a city hall and collects butterflies in his spare time. Clegg is infatuated with Miranda Grey, a middle-class art student at the Slade School of Art. Unable to make any contact with her but obsessed with his unrelenting desire, Clegg decides to add her to his 'collections' by kidnapping her and holding her captive in the cellar of his rural farmhouse. What follows is a chilling exploration of power, art, freedom, and the consequences of human actions.