A Mine Of Serpents

London: The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. P Vinton. First edition with signed dedication to Desmond MacCarthy (British writer, member of the Bloomsbury group & critic) by author. 8vo, coloured illustrated dust jacket by P Vinten over blue grey boards with gilt titles on spine. Upper edge red. Some chipping / tears to edges of… Read more about this item

The Bodley Head, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head, 1949. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First (UK) printing. Very good in a very good dustjacket with light edgewear. Not priceclipped and no markings.

1949. The Bodley Head, London. 1949. First edition. Hardback with DW. Illustrated. B&W frontis. Wrapper browned and missing portions from upper panel and spine. End papers browned. A nice sound copy.

London: The Bodley Head, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. P. Vinen dustjacket. B/w frontispiece. Very good, lightly worn dj chipped at top edge, gray cloth 252 pgs

London: The Bodley Head, 1949. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A first edition of the second work in Brooke's Orchid trilogy, complete with a superior unclipped dust wrapper and illustrated throughout. Handling the themes of childhood, soldiering and travelling, this semi-autobiographical work was the second in the author's Orchid Trilogy, acting… Read more about this item