Grist (Paul) Short Stories.
£125
One
Sheffield, Dancing Elephant Enterprises, June 1986.
Large 8vo. Comic-book format. Original pictorial wrappers.
An early publication by Grist, who would garner fame as the creator of hard-boiled police series ‘Kane’ and his unorthodox superhero series ‘Jack Staff’, published under his own imprint Dancing Elephant Enterprises.
In stock
Light foxing to upper wrapper, otherwise very good.
Illustrations by Grist throughout.
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