Author: George Blake
Title: Returned Empty
Description: London, Faber & Faber, 1931. First edition. Cloth. Signed copy of this scarce first edition by author famed for his realistic depictions of shipbuilding and working class life around the Clyde First Edition. Signed by the author on the title page. This very scarce novel written and signed George Blake precedes his more famous novel 'The Shipbuilders&apos. A journalist, broadcaster, and novelist, Blake's works are famed for his realistic portrayals of industrialisation and urban poverty in Scotland, particularly around the Clyde. This novel follows Davie's life in Glasgow upon returning from the First World war. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with fading and light rubbing to the spine. Lightly bumped to the extremities and to the head of the spine. Prior owner's inscription to the front pastedown. Very minor offsetting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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