First Edition. 256pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Sun faded spine and covers. Water damage to rear cover, affects last few pages; text still very good. Bumped spine ends. Top text block edge water stained (does not affect pages), all edges tanned. Gutters stretched. Endpapers tanning. Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper 'To Rose with love from Vicky Lancaster Dec 48'. Internally neat, clean and bright. No dust jacket. 8vo. The story of the parallel but very different lives of Cressida, Allegra and Fernande Smith and the repercussions of the conviction for the murder of Allegra.
