312pp. Green cloth-covered boards, black titles on front and spine. Bumped spine heel. Outer text block edge just starting to fox. Front hinge cracked. Free endpapers tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 12mo. A novel of great strength charting the rivalry between the House of Ashmorland and their hereditary enemies, the neighbouring Helsmuths, a race of dark and evil men and wayward women.