"Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book"
— Stephan Mallarme
The Last Pool, and Other Stories.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1950. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 216. Publisher's green cloth with navy titles to spine. With the green dust-jacket illustrated by Edward Bradbury, priced at 9/6. Internally crisp and clean. Cloth sunned to spine, corresponding to jacket losses. Jacket split to upper joint, with an archival repair, and toned to spine. Moderate wear and chipping to edges. Very good. Thirteen short stories about country life and sports, by the author of the Aubrey-Maturin 'Master and Commander' series. Item #72550
Price: £75.00
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