Boy

James Hanley

London

:

Boriswood

,

1931

.
First Edition.

19cm x 14cm. 271 pages. Orange cloth, black lettering, green top edge, no jacket.

First trade edition of Hanley’s second novel, a very grim tale of the brief life of a thirteen year old stowaway from Liverpool. YOUNG 1694. This copy with the signature of Gary Simes and a newspaper clipping of a photographic portrait of Hanley to the front endpaper.

Rebacked with original tanned spine laid down, some loss at crown and tail. Minor foxing and tanning. Good Condition.