Andrew Taylor; H. R. F. Keating — The Mortal Sickness

Blakeney, Scorpion Press, 1995. First edition. Leather. The limited first edition of this second novel in the Lydmouth series, signed by the author Andrew Taylor. Number 42 of 85 copies of this limited signed first edition, in the special quarter morocco binding with marbled paper boards and an acetate brodart cover. Signed by the author to the limited edition page. This is the second novel in Taylor's Lydmouth series, following Detective Chief Inspector Richard Thornhill and journalist Jill Francis after the shocking murder of a spinster in the parish. With an appreciation by H. R. F. Keating. Andrew Taylor (b.1951) is a British crime and historical fiction writer, known for the Lydmouth series, the Roth trilogy and his best-selling 'The American Boy' and 'The Ashes of London&apos. In quarter morocco and original paper boards. Externally in lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. A little chipping to the upper extremities of the acetate brodart cover. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .