Aldington (Richard) Death of a Hero
£120
Chatto & Windus, London, 1929
first edition
Original cloth, dust-jacket designed by Paul Nash; browning to title page, dust-jacket with large tape-burns to inside front flap and rear panel, small chip to spine, but overall very good.
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