{"product_id":"wilt-on-high-tom-sharpe-1st-edition","title":"Wilt on High, Tom Sharpe — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Secker \u0026amp; Warburg, 1984\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 236.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The original black cloth boards remain firm and square, presenting sharp corners and brilliant, unoxidised gilt lettering to the spine. The binding is remarkably tight. Internally, the text block is clean and free from previous ownership inscriptions, exhibiting only the lightest uniform age-toning to the page margins, which is customary for the paper stock of this era, alongside a touch of faint dust-dulling to the top edge. The original, unclipped dust jacket is well-preserved; it retains its crisp colours without any spine fading. It exhibits some minor handling wear, superficial smudging to the white rear panel, and very faint rubbing to the extremities, but remains entirely free from tears, chips, or significant creasing. A highly presentable, square copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First edition, first impression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dust jacket features the original wrap-around 'falling bomb' design credited to Red Ranch, with a photographic portrait of Tom Sharpe to the rear panel. This 1984 UK true first printing by Secker \u0026amp; Warburg marks the third instalment in Sharpe's wildly popular Henry Wilt series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a bestseller of its time, this edition was printed in large numbers and remains relatively accessible on the open market, making it an excellent acquisition for readers and collectors of modern British comic fiction looking for a clean, representative copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this third uproarious outing, Henry Wilt is still striving to drill English literature into unenthusiastic plasterers at Fenland College of Arts and Technology. However, his relatively tranquil, cynical existence is shattered when he becomes inadvertently embroiled in a suspected drug ring. Thanks to a misunderstanding in the staff lavatory, the interference of his formidable wife Eva, who has taken to enhancing his home-brew with herbal stimulants, and the relentless vendetta of his old nemesis Inspector Flint, Wilt soon finds himself at the centre of a massive confrontation involving the local police and the US Air Force. Classic Tom Sharpe, delivering biting farce and escalating chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54566037979475,"sku":"5032","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260809_192633.jpg?v=1786519637","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/wilt-on-high-tom-sharpe-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}