VACHELL, Horace A. ~ Quinney’s Adventures.
FIRST UK PRINTING. John Murray, London: 1924.
8vo., blue publisher's cloth, lettered in black to upper board, and gilt to spine; with decorative borders to both; central decorative motif to upper cover; together in the pictorial dustwrapper by Philip Simmonds, priced 3/6 net to spine; author's woodblock device to title; THE BOOK a good plus copy, pushed at spine tips with a small dent to upper edge of lower board; endpapers lightly offset; foxing to outer edges and prelims, encroaching onto the first and last few pages, and a couple of spots sporadically throughout; light ownership name in purple ink to half title; the very good plus DUSTWRAPPER with a couple of small chips and nicks to edges, and a little more so to head of spine; a little shelf wear, but else in superior condition; discretely repaired internally with tape. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First UK edition, first printing. Scarce in the dustwrapper.
BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Good +
JACKET: Very Good +
£550