Lord Mullions Secret Tapa dura - 1981

London: Gollancz, 1981. 192 pp, 8vo (8" H). "Mullion Castle is a very Stately Home. When the paying customers aren't cluttering up the place, it's the home of the Earl and his family, who include his delightful daughters Patty and Boosie, and dotty Great-aunt Camilla. Also his wife, whose portrait he has now commissioned his old schoolfellow, Charles Honeybath R.A., to paint. Honeybath (is) an astute and inquisitive observer of events; and now he has another intriguing complex of puzzles to ponder over. For instance, who has removed a valuable Hilliard miniature, an ancestral portrait, and substituted an obvious print; and why? Who has removed two of Great-aunt Camilla's water-colours of Italian scenes, and substituted sketches made by her in France; and again, why? And how does it come about that a young undergardener, with the name of Swithin, should posses the family features so strikingly, and be such an attraction to Lady Patience - i.e., Patty? Honeybath addresses… Leer más

First edition first printing of the third novel in the Charles Honeybath series. Earlier owners name on the first end page. Price clipped otherwise in near fine / near fine condition.

London: Gollancz, 1981 Just a faint touch of foxing in foredges. Dust jacket is intact and bright, tiny tears to two top corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall