Conquest (Joan) Veiled Lover
£150
London, Jarrolds, [1938].
First edition. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original yellow cloth. Dust-jacket, later issue (‘7th thousand’) priced 2/6.
Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Great jacket artwork.
Out of stock
Bookplate and author’s inscription to front endpapers; cloth a little bumped and rubbed, overall very good; jacket with section removed crudely from inside front flap, but otherwise excellent.
Jacket artwork by C. Leslie.
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