Thorndike (Russell) Doctor Syn on the High Seas
£395
London, Rich & Cowan, Ltd, 1936.
First edition. 8vo. Contemporary library cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A prequel to Doctor Syn. A Tale of the Romey Marsh, seeing the good doctor terrorising the high seas on a revenge mission, prior to settling back down to administer the Word of the Lord.
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Library binding, foxing to prelimbs, no inscriptions, in a good 1st issue jacket, correctly priced at 7s. 6d. jacket has loss to top and tail of spine with evidence of a price label at the bottom of the spine
Jacket artwork by E.A. Cox.
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