Author: Elspeth Briggs
Title: Squire&Apos;S Fairing
Description: London, Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, 1960. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this charming novel by Elspeth Briggs set within an imposing Manor, signed by the author to the half-title. The first edition.Signed by the author to the half-title.'Squire's Fairing' follows a young woman, Jenny, as she goes to work as a housemaid at the local Clerewell Manor, a Manor in which her grandmother had been mistress - her grandmother's ghost is said to walk in the village.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and illustrations throughout.Written by Elspeth Briggs.Illustrated by Richard Auger. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Some light marks to the rear board. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A touch of discolouration to the extremities. A very few spots to the fore edge. Dust wrapper is lightly edge worn. A few light marks and a little discolouration to the wraps, mostly to the backstrip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Richard Auger. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: Squire's Fairing elspeth briggs clerewell manor elspeth briggs Richard Auger
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Title: Squire&Apos;S Fairing
Description: London, Frederick Warne & Co. LTD, 1960. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon first edition of this charming novel by Elspeth Briggs set within an imposing Manor, signed by the author to the half-title. The first edition.Signed by the author to the half-title.'Squire's Fairing' follows a young woman, Jenny, as she goes to work as a housemaid at the local Clerewell Manor, a Manor in which her grandmother had been mistress - her grandmother's ghost is said to walk in the village.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and illustrations throughout.Written by Elspeth Briggs.Illustrated by Richard Auger. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Some light marks to the rear board. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A touch of discolouration to the extremities. A very few spots to the fore edge. Dust wrapper is lightly edge worn. A few light marks and a little discolouration to the wraps, mostly to the backstrip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Richard Auger. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: Squire's Fairing elspeth briggs clerewell manor elspeth briggs Richard Auger
Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 829P13
- Book number: 829P13
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