SHAVING THROUGH THE BLITZ

First edition, first printing. Original cloth with black titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm, the corners and spine tips lightly bumped. There is a contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, the contents are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper which is toned to the spine, spotted to the panels and has minor chipping and short closed tears to the spine tips. Not price-clipped (6s on the front flap).

A novella set in wartime London. G. W. Stonier was a literary editor of the New Statesman, for which he ran a weekly column under the name William Whitebait.