‘Taffrail’ (Captain Taprell Dorling, D.S.O., R.N.) The Shetland Plan
£250
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original dark blue cloth lettered in white. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Nice Bip Pares jacket artwork on this thriller title, in which global espionage impinges upon the life of Shetlanders.
Out of stock
Book Near Fine; jacket slightly sunned, but overall very good.
Jacket artwork by Bip Pares.
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