Inscribed to W.F.C. Smith
PRIESTLEY, J. B.
The Doomsday Men: An Adventure
London: William Heinemann, 1938
8vo, pp. 312. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Map endpapers. A near fine copy in a dust jacket with long (but unobtrusive) closed tears to front fold and spine.
First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: ‘to W.F.C. Smith with J.B. Priestley’s good wishes.’ The recipient Walter Smith (known as Royden Smith) was in charge of the book department at Selfridges & Co. during the 1940s. He was the father of the actor Auriol Smith.
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