Amyas Northcote - In Ghostly Company

Bloomsbury Auctions - Travel & Topography 6th & 7th May 2010

A booklet as new with letters from the author to Richard Dalby

Delightful colourful pictures stuck loosely to plates

Marie Corelli - The Mighty Atom, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1896 Penelope Fitzgerald Amyas Northcote - In GhostlyMarie Corelli The Mighty Atom, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1896 A "didactic novel" that serves as a scathing critique of secular education and atheism. It follows a young, precocious boy in Devon whose father's rigid, non religious upbringing leads to tragic consequences. Hardcover in poor condition. Foxing to boards. Faded spine and bumped ends. Corners bumped. Worm eaten to last two leaves in tail edge corner. Good reading copy. Weight 260g. Pages 279.