First Edition. 156pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly bumped spine ends. Lender's 'withdrawn' stamp and evidence of previous label on front free endpaper. Security device on rear free endpaper. Lender's label on title page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket is Mylar wrapped (adhered to itself) has very light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped.Â
A novel charting the changes in post-war Britain through the voices of a rector in North Wales and a mysterious German countess, housed under his care as a displaced person.