APPLE BOUGH

First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Margery Gill. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper which has a very short closed tear to the head of the spine. Not price-clipped (12s. 6d. on the front flap).

A story about the siblings of a child prodigy violinist who is on a years-long world tour, and the difficulties the family faces due to living without a permanent home. Published in the US as 'Travelling Shoes'.