First edition hardcover, signed and dedicated by the author, with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is slightly scuffed and marked, and edges are creased. Board corners and spine ends are lightly bumped, and page block head is tanned. Boards are clean and pages are clear throughout. LW
Gil North is the pseudonym of Geoffrey Horne, a British writer. He was born in Skipton Yorkshire and educated at Ermysted's Grammar School and Christ's College Cambridge. He married Betty Duthie in 1949. From 1938 to 1955 he was a civil servant in the African colonies. He has also written novels under his own name.