HERBERT, A. P.

Original wrappers in blue and white. 320pp.. Spine ends chipped, detaching inside, paper browned, covers damp spotted, small hole to last page (loss of one word). Tight and clean. Number one of this series with its strikingly designed image and lettering. By 1960 the paperback Water Gipsies was published by Penguin 'with' Methuen.