TREECE, Henry.: The Rebels. , London: Victor Gollancz, 1953.

1st edition of Henry Treece's second novel, set in the Black Country during the last decade of Victoria's reign. "The Fisher family, who live in the Black Country town of Darlaston, belong to the world of the iron-masters, not to that of the uncouth labourers who work the kilns. Their ancestors were strong, tough and unpretentious: but by now the family - the parents and their young children - aspires to comfortable Victorian gentility". Pp.318, spotting to endpapers and to closed page edges, slight toning to pages. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Yellow dustwrapper very worn to edges with edge tears and small losses but has a removable clear protective wrap. Scarce. G+/G-. (Book ref. 36816)  £22.00

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