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FOUR1st/1st - ALL HAND SIGNED. DUSTJACKETS ALL PROTECTED IN ARCHIVAL SLEEVES. - BOOK ONE: The Gypsy's Return - 1981: The original dustjacket, designed by WENDY MCLERIE, houses this book. Retains price of £6.75 net, to the inner prelim. The dustjacket is complete and intact. Lightly rubbed at the edges and a few very small marks in general, with handling. Boards are black cloth with silver gilt to the spine. Good clean condition. Firm boards are tightly bound to inner page block. The inscription from Sara Judge is on the first blank end-page and reads: With love -- Sara Judge. Very light browning to end-pages front and rear. 192 pages are clean and tightly bound. - BOOK TWO: They Call Me Miranda - 1982: Miranda Hawton, mistress of Hazelwood, has lost her memory. Her husband knows the truth, but he will tell her nothing. When her new companion, Betsy Potter, comes to stay, she decides to help her mistress, and through her, Miranda meets charming Adam Rushmore. But there is a feeling of antagonism, which turns to frightening hatred - and soon Miranda is in danger of her life. - The original dustjacket, designed by EILEEN WALTON, houses this book. Retains price of £7.25 net, to the inner prelim. The dustjacket is complete and intact. Lightly rubbed at the edges and a few very small marks in general, with handling. EILEEN WALTON was the artist who designed the dustjacket for this book. Eileen was a prolific dustjacket designer and has designed dustjackets for numerous authors during the twentieth century. Boards are blue cloth with silver gilt to the spine. Good clean condition. Firm boards are tightly bound to inner page block. The inscription from Sara Judge is on the first blank endpage and reads: With best wishes -- Sara Judge. Very light browning to endpages front and rear. 190 pages are clean and tightly bound. BOOK THREE: Lucifer's Hold - 1983 : "A Gothic romance of a fin de siecle diabolist and his mesmeric domination of two sisters" - The original dustjacket, designed by EILEEN WALTON, houses this book. Retains price of £7.75 NET, to the inner prelim. The dustjacket is complete and intact. Lightly rubbed at the edges and a few very small marks in general, with handling. Boards are black cloth with silver gilt to the spine. Good clean condition. Firm boards are tightly bound to inner page block. The inscription from Sara Judge is on the first blank end-page and reads: With best wishes -- Sara Judge. Very light browning to endpages front and rear. 176 pages are clean and tightly bound. BOOK FOUR: Tabitha's Revenge 1984: Although Tabitha Thomas is only nine years old when her parents die, she vows to travel to London to seek her fortune and gain revenge on Philip Cambridge, the man who wronged her Mother. There, Mr Anthony Warren, a wealthy man, decides to turn Tabitha into a beautiful and accomplished lady. But Tabitha never forgets her childhood vow and excitement mounts in this Victorian tale when she effects a return to the Cambridge estate of her youth. The original dustjacket, designed by EILEEN WALTON, houses this book. Retains price of £7.95 net, to the inner prelim. The dustjacket is complete and intact. Lightly rubbed at the edges and a few very small marks in general, with handling. Boards are black cloth with silver gilt to the spine. Good clean condition. Firm boards are tightly bound to inner page block. The inscription from Sara Judge is on the first blank end-page and reads: With my love -- Sara Judge. Very light browning to endpages front and rear. 190 pages are clean and tightly bound. [END] Books are shipped within 1 to 2 days of purchase and will be sent fully insured. Seller Inventory # 000712
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Title: The Gypsy's Return & They Call Me Miranda & ...
Publisher: Robert Hale, LONDON
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Cloth
Illustrator: Eileen Walton & Wendy McLerie
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Original Dustjacket
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING
