The Visit of Brother Ives

First edition. 336pp. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly bumped spine heel, stain to head. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan and fox. Endpapers starting to tan. Bookseller’s label on front pastedown. Pages starting to age. Internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, 1cm closed tear to front joint, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. The author of We, the Accused sets this present story on an English island where an actor, who after years of small success is enjoying a triumph in London’s West End, but becomes involved through his selfishness and folly in the killing of a man on the island.