Beresford (J.D.) A Common Enemy.
£125
London, Hutchinson, 1942
First edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket correctly priced at 8/6 on front flap.
A catastrophe novel in which a warring world is brought to its senses by a greater common enemy than Hitler (whom of course the Allies were fighting at the time of the book’s publication) Blieler p21
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VG/VG. Boards slightly marked, foxing to prelims and to page edges throughout; no inscriptions. Jacket has light chipping to spine ends, fading to spine and some browning to rear panel.
Blieler p21
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