Vernon Scannell. A Mortal Pitch.

First edition in a dust jacket, including 2 newspaper cuttings. Inscribed, “Breast wishes John Wynne Tyson , Says the lady its pretty good for this time of the evening Vernon Scannell”.

The book is tightly bound. The dust jacket is worn at the extremities, the spine is sunned/faded, foxing on rear section; unclipped. Internally the book is clean. Dusty.

From the library of Jon Wynne-Tyson.
Wynne-Tyson was an English author, publisher, Quaker, activist and pacifist, who founded Centaur Press in 1954. He ran Centaur Press from his home in Sussex and was a distinguished independent publisher. He authored books on animal rights and vegetarianism.