Author: John Blackburn
Title: A Scent of New-Mown Hay
Description: New York, M. S. Mill Company and William Morrow & Company, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this novel with themes of action, horror and emotion, by British novelist John Blackburn. A first edition of the work, in original publisher's yellow cloth binding with a price-clipped dust wrapper. John Blackburn was a British novelist who is most known for his thrillers and horror novels, such as this one. Blackburn was labelled as the "Master of Horror" by The Times Literary Supplement. Throughout his life he wrote nineteen thrillers and eleven horror novels, as well as one work of historical fiction. A Scent of New-Mown Hay was his first published novel. This particular novel combines science-fiction with mystery and horror, following the adventures of General Kirk of the British Foreign Service as he navigates the challenges of new technology and wartime experiments. In original publisher's cloth binding with a price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with the odd mark to boards and light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper in good condition, with light chipping and the odd closed tear. With a tear to the inner front flap. Sunning to the wrap, mainly to the spine, and the occasional mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

Keywords: action horror fiction horror None


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