The Frightened Man by Gerald Verner natural gardening a little rubbing and bumping

a little rubbing and bumping on edges and corners

having himself been one of Rommel’s victims

For it is not just a catalogue of autobiographical occurrences

It is a love song to a vanishing world

and Bristol ships carried half that trade

The Frightened Man by Gerald Verner natural gardening a little rubbing and bumpingThe Frightened Man by Gerald Verner Wright & Brown, 1937, First edition Hardcover with pastedown Condition: Fair Some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing and bumping to corners and covers, spine missing, pastedown from jacket on front cover, previous owners inscription in pencil on half title page, institute stamp on inside front cover, a little foxing to pages, front endpapers worn away at hinge. (see photographs)