The Unsleeping Sword

by Geoffrey Trease

$250 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

London: Martin Lawrence, 1934. First edition. 84 pp. Wraps. Very Good with slightly toned and stained wraps, nice shape overall. A rare collection of five short stories from '30s working-class London full of striking workers, fascist blackshirts, communists, and clashes in the streets. The author was quite prolific, publishing 113 books during his lifetime, mostly for children. Item #140943367

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