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Gallows' Orchard by Claire Spencer 1930 First American Edition

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Gallows' Orchard by Claire Spencer 1930 First American Edition Gallows' Orchard by Claire Spencer 1930 First American Edition

Synopsis: Listed as a marginal mystery in Hubin, the novel tells of a girl whose fearlessness antagonizes the Scottish village she lives in, entangling murder, marriage, birth and death into the mix.


Publisher: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York. April, 1930 First American Edition.

Format: Hardback, red cloth with black spine cover and red lettering.. No dust jacket.

Condition: Good. 285 pages. Not an ex lib. Previous owner's name written in blue ink on title page, and a handwritten white 1-1/8" X 3/4" indexing label made of masking tape on spine cover with number "76" written on it.. Also a number in wax pencil, and owner's name once again written on front flyleaf, but since the fyleaf is black, it only shows up when you hold it in the light, hence her writing it again on the title page. Untrimmed front page edges. Dampstain to front cover around top, front, and bottom edges.  Volume tightly bound and solid, no missing pages or other markings than those so noted above.

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