The Walking Stick by Winston Graham - Vintage Hardcover Edition

This is a vintage hardcover copy of 'The Walking Stick', a novel authored by the renowned English novelist Winston Graham, best known for the Poldark series. Originally published in 1967, this specific volume features a striking dust jacket typical of late 1960s or early 1970s graphic design. The cover is predominantly deep black with bold, white, italicized serif typography for the author's name and title. Below the title, the words 'a novel' are rendered in a smaller salmon-pink script. The lower right quadrant of the jacket displays a high-contrast photographic portrait of a woman in three-quarter profile, wearing a large, circular silver-toned earring, which adds a dramatic noir aesthetic. Regarding physical condition, the edges of the dust jacket show visible signs of wear, including minor chipping and whitening at the top and bottom of the spine and corners. There are faint surface abrasions and light 'shelf wear' scuffing across the front panel. The binding appears intact, though the paper quality suggests standard commercial production for the period. The use of spot-color printing and heavy paper stock for the jacket indicates a mid-century mass-market hardcover binding style. No internal damage or signatures are visible from the front view, but the generalized patina and corner bumping suggest it is a previously handled, used copy in good vintage condition.