Author: G. U. Ellis
Title: New Wine at Cock-Crow
Description: London, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first U.K. edition of this lesser known novel by G. U. Ellis, author's presentation copy with an inscription to the front endpaper. The scarce to see first U.K. edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, 'To V. E. Brunt, with apologise for official errors due to its composition, G. U. Ellis, 25/2/37&apos.'New Wine at Cock-Crow' explores the lives of an upper middle class family in England after the First World War, who are shaken by the reestablishing of social constructions. By Geoffrey Uther Ellis, who also wrote 'There Goes the Queen&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Fading to the head of the boards and to the joints, with offsetting to the head of the front board from the dust wrapper. Author's inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper, with small chips to the head and tail of the spine, closed tear to the head of the front joint. Light marks to the wraps. One neat tape repair to the reverse of the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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