024770 Oxford University Press London 1956 First Edition Dust Jacket Fair Hard Cover Oxford University Press. London, 1956. First Edition. Mayne ( 1928-) North Yorkshire wirter, educated at the choir school attached to Canterbury Cathedral, his memories of that time contributing to his early books, often described as one of the outstanding children's authors of the 20th century, later jailed for two years for child sexual abuse and was placed on the British sex offenders' register for life. Companion volume to ' A Swarm In May' as a young schoolboy rebels against his cathedral choir school and friends,. Second book in the Choir School Quartet. Fair in rust cloth ( one corner edge worn, slant) in a Fair edge-chipped dust jacket, closed tears, rubbing. Not price clipped. 160p (p) $99.00USD
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