Adams (Richard) The Girl in a Swing, first edition, 1980; and 4 others by the same or related (5)

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Adams (Richard) The Girl in a Swing, first edition, original boards, light spotting to edges, dust-jacket, margins fractionally toned, 1980; and 4 others by the same or related, 8vo (5) *** The first issue of 'The Girl in a Swing'. Subsequent editions changed the female lead's name from Käthe Geutner to Karin Forster due to threat of a libel suit from someone with that name who was rumoured to be the author's mistress.

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