Footner (Hulbert) Trial by Water.
£275
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1930
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket correctly priced at 7/6.
Hubin-listed tale involving the escapades of a couple of multi-millionaires’ sons who come up against a band of rum-runners.
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VG+/VG+ – foxing to front and rear endpapers, slight fading to spine, pages clean and free of inscriptions in a similar jacket correctly priced at 7/6 on spine with a tiny amount of loss at juncture of spine crown and back panel.
In Hubin.
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