Still good value as a reading copy for readers who have enjoyed 'Cold Comfort Farm'. Listed and described as 'Fair-minus' condition here due to the intact binding, otherwise it would be described as 'poor'. It is a pity about the condition, as the stories are engaging. Fraying and other marks in evidence to boards. Binding on boards is loose, but binding is still intact. Mark from former Boots' Booklovers' Library sticker to front boards and remnants of Boots' stickers to rear end papers. 299 pages printed and bound on dark orange cloth boards. The first story, titled 'Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm' is set retrospectively to Gibbons' famous novel 'Cold Comfort Farm' (1932) and takes readers back to Starkadder Farm. A collection of 16 short stories by Stella Gibbons, originally written for magazines, including 'The Lady', 'The Bystander', 'Nash's Magazine' and others, as according to the front Note. "First published 1940" is stated on publisher's page with no other printing/publishing history listed, so described here as a 1st edition. 1st edition, but being sold here as in Fair-minus condition as a 'reading copy' only and priced accordingly.
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