Aston (James, pseud. T.H. White) They Winter Abroad
£350
London, Chatto & Windus, 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth with blue spine section. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
T.H. White’s first novel, a comedic study of various characters interacting in a Mediterranean hotel. The author is of course best known today for his Arthurian stories commencing with The Sword in the Stone.
Out of stock
Foxing to extremities of text-block; mild mottling to the cloth spine; jacket worn at spine ends and fore-corners with minor loss, but overall a very good example.
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