THE SHINY NARROW GRIN
London, England: Hodder and Stoughton, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 5 in. x 7.5 in., 128 p., Green cloth boards with darker green spine. title in silver on spine. Rubbing to extremities. Two tiny staple holes both the front and back boards with spot of brown rust-stain, through to endpapers. Front free endpaper missing. Front hinge a little loose, but book holds together well. Spotting to fore-edge. Very occasional light spotting, mostly in margins, but text is uncompromised and clear. Ex-library copy with 'Academy Library Withdrawn from Stock" stamped in red on front pastedown. Good Plus. Item #85413
Young Adult vampire novel by the (then-23 year-old) extraordinarily gifted Jane Gaskell, set among Englands "Mod" set in the 1960's, generally considered brilliant and before-its-time, and said to have influenced a number of other authors of this genre, who have since become far better known. Liner notes from Harper's Bazaar read: "A book not to give your aunt". Gaskell wrote her first novel, Strange Evil, when she was 14 years old.
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