Mitchell, W.O. — How I Spent My Summer Holidays [SIGNED]

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Macmillan Of Canada First Edition, First Printing pp. 224. 8vo. Publisher's quater mustard-yellow cloth over navy blue boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Very light bump to spine ends, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in fair dustjacket showing chips, and short closed tears along the edges of the panels, rear inner panel has been excised (dustjacket how housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good. SIGNED, and inscribed by the author to the ffep. It is the summer of 1924 and 12-year-old Hugh and his friends are enjoying the life of a small town on the Prairies, spending most of their days down at the swimming-hole. After an unwise attempt to carve out a gave in the Musgraves' backyard with dynamite, Hugh and a friend dig a secret cave out in the prairie. When the cave is occupied by a dangerous escaped patient from the local mental hospital, they become involved with a former war hero, King Motherwell, in sheltering and feeding him