Austin (Edward) Thoruna
£125
London, Hutchinson, 1937.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original buckram with leather spine label. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
‘Written partly as a diary and partly in novel form Thoruna tells the amusing and piquant story of Sir Reginald H – who was ordered by his doctor to take a holiday and decided to go on a trip to Sweden. By accident he met Thoruna, a bright young thing whose trustee he was and, much to his embarrassment, she decided to accompany him.’ (jacket blurb)
In stock
Minor foxing; cloth rather marked; jacket slightly rubbed at head of spine and fore-corners.
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