Dorothy Clewes — A Boy Like Walt

New York, Coward-McCann, Inc. 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first US edition of this novel by Dorothy Clewes, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First US edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition was published in the UK in the same year as the first US edition. Signed to the front endpaper, 'To Julie, With much love Dorothy' dated August '67. Written by English author, Dorothy Clewes, who is most known for her works of children's fiction including 'The Adventure of the Blue Admiral' and the Hadley Family adventures. 'A Boy Like Walt' follows the story of Walt Graham, a boy on the edge of trouble, who falls in with a motorcycle gang in London. The novel explores the parental role in this scenario, with shocked and righteous parents holding more guilt than their children. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the odd handling mark. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light edge wear and sunning to the spine and to the extremities. A touch of age toning to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.