Francis Brett Young — Mr. And Mrs. Pennington

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1931. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of one of Young's many 'Mercian' novels, in lovely condition, with scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition of this romance title, penned by English novelist, poet, playwright, composer, doctor and soldier Francis Brett Young.Young wrote a significant number of novels dubbed 'The Mercian novels', which were linked by location - all set along the West Midlands and Welsh Borders - and by several recurring characters.In original navy cloth, in excellent condition, with smart gilt motif to the front board, and gilt lettering to the spine.With the scarce, original, and unclipped pictorial dust wrapper.Small newspaper clipping on the death of the author slipped inside, dated 1954. Bound in original navy cloth. In original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, in lovely condition. Very minor rubbing to extremities. Dust Wrapper very smart, with only very mild rubbing to covers and extremities. Mild sunning to dust wrapper spine and covers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. The odd minor mark to text block edges. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.