Second printing of the first Cheap Edition (1950). 200pp. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Cloth is dull and a little rounded on corners and spine ends. Text block edges a little dust darkened and internally some page tanning. Some spots on endpapers. In its original worn and torn dust wrapper, with some browning especially on rear panel.
A crime fiction novel set in post-war England - old manuscripts discovered in a public school turn out to be Shakespeare's long-lost play, Love's Labour won but rather than dramatic revival the discovery leads to murder and intrigue.
