1996 · Council Bluffs
by [SYMONS, JULIAN.]
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1996. Edition limited to 225 copies printed and published by Neil Shaver; 8vo, pp. xi-[xii], 55-[57]; portrait frontis of Symons by Rosemary Vamosi, woodcut title printed in red and black; as new in orig. quarter black cloth over marbled boards, morocco label lettered in gilt on spine. At the published price. Symons (1912-1994) was the doyen of British crime-writers, an editor, poet, novelist and social historian. Contributors include Jack Adrian, P.D. James, Lionel Davidson, Reginald Hill and many others. (Inventory #: 14420)