Book very good; jacket a little marked and rubbed, wraparound with chip out of one edge.
Hughes (Richard) A High Wind in Jamaica
£225
London, Chatto & Windus, 1929.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d, with the original Choice of the Book Society wraparound band.
The distinctive first UK edition of Hughes’ High Wind in Jamaica, a genre redefining work set largely on the high seas – with pirates! Uncommon in the original wraparound.
In stock