Author: James Blyth
Title: The Atonement a Story of Modern Adventure
Description: London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce suspense novel set aboard a submarine, by James Blyth. The first edition of this very scarce work.'The Atonement' follows a man, Jack Hanson, as he sees a strange submarine whilst on his cutter at Reedham. He is subsequently taken prisoner by those aboard the submarine 'Otter', setting into action the plot of this suspenseful romance novel.Illustrated with a frontispiece.By James Blyth, a prolific author who is known for his sci-fi novels, in particular his Future War novels published before World War One.Four pages of adverts to the rear.Collated, complete.The textblock is misbound upside down in the binding, the title page and front of text facing the rear board.Bookplate of R. W. Lamb to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, resulting in a very small amount of loss. Light rubbing to the spine and extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine, including a ringmark to the rear board. Spine is faded. A few scattered spots to the fore edge. Rear hinge is weak. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Textblock is bound upside bound in the binding. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

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