Val Gielgud - A Necessary End - First Edition Signed & Inscribed Alexandra (born 1981)

Alexandra (born 1981)

Mortal Engines additionally dated 16th November 2001 (day of publication) and with a promotional postcard from the publisher loosely inserted

London: Hodder & Stoughton

blue endpapers

Val Gielgud - A Necessary End - First Edition Signed & Inscribed Alexandra (born 1981)GIELGUD, Val (1900 1981). A Necessary End. London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1969. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp. 223; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Dust jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill, with printed price of 21s. net. Bookplate of C. C. Waghorn to pastedown, some slight spotting to edges. Dust wrapper shows very well, some light bruising to top edges, tiny nick to foot of spine. Near fine.