First edition, first impression. 380pp. In tan cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Cloth a little dull, lightly rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Text block edges lightly toned. Previous owner's name on lightly tanned endpapers. In its original dust jacket, not price clipped, lightly chapped at edges, chipped on corners and spine ends. Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. A passionate novel of an uncompromising young man and his early years in Cornwall and of the girl he met there and the hard times her family endured between the wars.
