1933 First Edition Hardback 8vo pp (12) 1174 plus two pages of adverts for James Hanley titles to rear. Dark blue cloth, spine and front lettered in red, top edge stained dark blue (as called for), slight fading to top of spine otherwise very good condition in dustwrapper which is slightly grubby with tears and wear to edges.
The novel chronicles the lives of the inhabitants of the Somerset town of Glastonbury over a period of approximately a year. Much of the novel focuses on the relationship between the modern world and Glastonbury, hub of numerous Grail legends and (according to some accounts) the original Isle of Avalon.