"Beware of the person of one book."
— Thomas Aquinas

London: Collins, 1958. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 15s. No inscriptions. A little dustiness and toning; very good indeed. Arduous adventure set around an unfinshed railroad in the unmapped Labrador plateau, described by the author as 'the grimmest, most desolate country I have been in'. Item #54222
Price: £38.00