Horler (Sydney) Midnight Love.
£195
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1931
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket correctly priced at 7/6 on spine.
A ‘rollicking yarn’ from this very prolific author concerning one Oswald Twining who writes novelettes of the purple passion variety under the name of ‘Hugo Blazer’ and Geraldine Rhombard, the daughter of a Dean and for whom Oswald has fallen very heavily.
Rare in jacket no copies online at time of listing.
In stock
NF/VG+ – wrapper is slightly faded to spine, magic tape repairs to verso.
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