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STATED FIRST PRINTING. Black title, motif and ruling on orange cloth boards. Boards are very clean and unmarked with only a hint of wear to tail of spine. Internally very clean and unmarked apart from some small handwritten numbers to rear pastedown. A Very Good + copy. BEAUTIFUL FAIRY BOOKPLATE OF H.H. HARROD BY GILBERT LEDWARD DESIGNED SPECIALLY FOR HIM. H.H. Harrod was the author, writer son of the founder of Harrods Department Store. A novel of a man seeking a quiet place to settle down in which to read for Greats ends up in a desolate storm swept village where, despite trying to mind his own business, becomes a friend of some people, the enemy of others and the centre of the strong and varied love interest of the neighbourhood. **** A VERY SCARCE JEPSON TITLE **** Edgar Alfred Jepson 1863-1938 was a prolific crime / thriller writer. His son Selwyn was also a crime writer and his daughter wrote as Margaret Jepson and her daughter is the well known author Fay Weldon.

GOLDEN AGE OF DETECTION, MURDER MYSTERY CRIME FICTION, GILBERT LEDWARD BOOKPLATE. H.H. HARROD