HAMPSON, John.. Saturday Night at the Greyhound.. The Hogarth Press, London., 1931.

Price: US$96.88 + shipping

Description: Third impression. Octavo. 242 pages. The author's first novel.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ''Given to Walter Allen to replace a vanished copy, with the sincere hope that a similar fate will not overtake this one: John Hampson. 27-12-34''. The recipient was a fellow member of the Birmingham Group of working class authors. The inscription is in the brown ink which matched Hampson's characteristic attire.Sporadic light foxing. Spine slightly dull. Good. No dustwrapper. Nice association copy.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom