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Marsh (George) Men Marooned
£95
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [c.1925].
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6 and marked ‘File Copy’ to spine.
An interwar adventure yarn about castaways grappling with survival and human nature on a deserted island.
Out of stock
Publisher’s file copy markings to front endpapers and upper cover, some strange darkening to covers around spine; jacket also marked ‘file copy’ to spine, wear to top edges with some loss, some marking to lower panel.
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