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[Darling, William Young]
Down But Not Out: Being the True Story of Peter Gogg.
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London;
Date of Publication: 1935
Stock Code: 8352
INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 215, [1], [4] catalogue. Frontispiece by Arthur Wragg. Publishers’ orange cloth with black titles to spine and upper board, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket with illustration matching frontispiece. Covers clean and bright, and a little rubbed at spine tips. Boldly inscribed to ffep “With the Author’s Compliments to Mrs. Tisted” and signed “William Y. Darling ‘43”. Light foxing to frontispiece and to text-block edge; no annotation. Jacket lightly soiled to cream rear panel, with a few small nicks & creases to edge and minor loss at head of spine; small “ghost” mark from price label to front flap. A Very Good copy in like jacket. Anonymous publication by William Young Darling, the author also of The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller. This is the story of an Depression era unemployed man in search of a worthwhile life as he adapts to unlimited leisure. Scarce. £45.00