TURBULENT TALES

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Dale Holt illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm with some bumping and rubbing to the extremities. The contents, spotted to the endpapers, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has several short closed tears at the edges and small chips to the spine tips. Not price-clipped (9/6 net to the lower front flap).

Inscribed by the author in black ink on the title page "To Tom / affectionately / Rafael Sabatini / Sept 46". Signed copies of this Queen's Quorum title are scarce. A collection of 16 short stories, at least one of which, 'The Ghost of Tronjolly' was adapted for film. (Hubin; Queen's Quorum 101).