Goldie (Bertha) The Piper of Arristoun
£425
London, Ward Lock, 1935.
First edition. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Signed by the author at the time of publication. A romantic tale with macabre elements.
In stock
Internally very good; jacket a little rubbed at extremities with minor chipping to head of spine a top edge of lower panel, but otherwise very good.
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