Set on a small Greek island, this book follows the adventures of an Englishman. Travelling alone, he meets a girl, Ruth Forbes, and her older travelling companion, Mrs Keller. It soon strikes him that their relationship is sinister - Ruth is held by some kind of emotional bondage.
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Set on a small Greek island, this book follows the adventures of an Englishman. Travelling alone, he meets a girl, Ruth Forbes, and her older travelling companion, Mrs Keller. It soon strikes him that their relationship is sinister - Ruth is held by some kind of emotional bondage.
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Seller's Description:
None. Good in Very Good jacket. A first edition of this love story set in Greece by the author of 'The Darling Buds of May' and 'My Uncle Silas'. Herbert Ernest Bates, CBE (1905–74), better known as H. E. Bates, was an English writer and author. Many of his stories depict life in the rural Midlands of England, particularly his native Northamptonshire. Bates was partial to taking long midnight walks around the Northamptonshire countryside and this often provided the inspiration for his stories. In a green cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally smart. Some light bumping. Dustwrapper is sound, though with a couple of small closed tears and handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, apart from some spotting to the textblock edge and some foxing to the endpapers. Good.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Ownership signature of a noted photographer else near fine in very good plus dustwrapper with some very slight wear. A novel set on a Greek Island, about an Englishman and his relationship with a young girl and her older oppressor.
