John Hampson — Man About the House

London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce signed first edition of John Hampson's 1930s short story. A Limited Edition work, in the unclipped original dust wrapper. The scarce, signed, Limited Edition first edition of this short story from English working-class novelist John Hampson, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Of 280 signed and numbered copies, this is number 231, signed by Hampson to the limitation page.A lovely short work from the writer best known for his 1931 novel 'Saturday Night at the Greyhound', which proved to be an unexpected success for the Hogarth Press. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely. Dust wrapper lightly age toned due to paper type, most concentrated to back strip. Small loss to back strip head. Light handling marks to rear wrap. Closed tear to fold of front flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.