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London, United Kingdom: Jonathan Cape, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Print. Pp. 282. Maroon boards. This is a true UK first edition (First Impression) with 'First published in 1963' and no reprint statement to the copyright page. A very good copy with tape shadow marks to corners of end pages. In original first state jacket without reviews, jacket, corners clipped although not price clipped. Internally clean pages a touch of spotting to foreedge. Signed by the author John Fowles to the title page. Laid in is a typed card from John Fowles agreeing to sign books for the owner. The card is also signed by the author John Fowles. .

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.

The first edition of 'The Collector' published by Jonathan Cape in 1963 would have the original dust jacket design and no mention of later printings on the copyright page.