 Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE (April 16, 1922 - October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than twenty novels, three collections of poetry, short stories, radio and television scripts, and books of social and literary criticism. His son is the English novelist Martin Amis.
Amis’s first novel, Lucky Jim (1954), is perhaps his most famous. Taking its germ from Amis's observation of the common room at the University of Leicester, where his friend Larkin held a post, the novel satirizes the high-brow academic set of a redbrick university, seen through the eyes of its hero, Jim Dixon, as he tries to make his way as a young lecturer of history. Source Wikipedia
This edition sold at Bloomsbury Auction in May 2008 for £1000
Amis (Kingsley) Lucky Jim, first edition of the author’s first novel, original boards, a sharp, tight copy, dust-jacket, skilfull restoration with slight browning/mottling to spine, overall a very good example, 8vo, 1953.
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