Colver (Alice Ross) Under the Rainbow Sky
£95
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1926.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An uncommon first UK edition of this tale, boldly announcing on the jacket ‘this entertaining story of the Sunny South’. Colver was a prolific author, best remembered today perhaps for her Joan Foster series.
In stock
Near fine VG+, no inscriptions, minor foxing to preliminary limbs, in VG+ wrapper, correctly priced 7/6, minor tape repairs to verso of jacket.
Jacket artwork by Eugene Hastain.
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