The Seven Sleepers

First edition, first impression. 222pp.  Red cloth-covered boards with gilt stamped lettering on spine.  8vo.  Cloth very slightly bruised at spine ends and tiny rub on upper leading corner, else volume is clean and crisp, bright and tight throughout.  In its original dust jacket, gently rubbed at corners and spine ends, a little shelf worn, a little chipped on extreme edges with a tad of discolouration on the rear panel.  Dust jacket now protected in an archival quality Brodart-style wrapper fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. Elizabeth Ferrars (born Mora McTaggart) (1907-1995) was a British crime writer, penning more than 70 novels, many of which were published in the USA under the name E X Ferrars.