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Peter Davies, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6. 223pp, lacks dust wrapper, no inscriptions. Cloth boards in very good order with only slight rubbing, spine is quite faded but title is still legible. Hinges are tight, no loose pages, there are some turned over page corners to lower corner but this does not impact on the text, no spotting. Overall a nice condition copy. Heavy book please inquire for postage outside the UK.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: Peter Davies, 1946. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. The first edition of Frances Bellerby's moving and humorous novel dealing with belief and religion, 'Hath the Rain a Father?', here in the scarce original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. In the scarce unclipped dustwrapper. 'Hath the Rain a Father?' follows Julian, a man who believed that the source of all life is God, and for a fortnight when he is nineteen, he finds a shared purpose and ideas with ten year old Elizabeth. The novel also sees Mr Edwards, a reverend who is passionate, but laughed at by choir-boys. Written by Frances Bellerby, an English poet and novelist, who is generally best known for her short stories and poems. She settled in Cornwall, and later Devon, after a fall off a cliff left her semi-invalid. Bookplate to the front pastedown, 'Mary Turner'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwapper. Externally, smart. A… Read More