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Suntup Press Limited Numbered Edition in slipcase. Fine in fine slipcase. Includes loose bookplate signed and inscribed by John Fowles: With my best wishes John Fowles Lyme, 26 March 1991 Also includes the Suntup limited edition illustration print and bookmark. A signature will be required for delivery. The book will be well packed and shipped in a sturdy box, just as I would want to receive a collectible item.

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.