LOCKE, William J. Ancestor Jorico. London: The Bodley Head. 1929. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s red cloth lettered and decorated in cream to the spine and front board, in the striking period dust jacket that goes uncredited. A very good or better copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and square, the red topstain very vivid. Faint spots to the textblock edges, but the contents clean and fine throughout. The dust jacket priced 7/6 net to the spine, complete, slightly rubbed at corners, spine head and tail, with a few tiny closed tears and small stain to front panel lower. The white segments somewhat marked, but a sharp example overall.
One of Locke’s later novels published just before his death in 1930. An adventure treasure hunt in the old colonial sense, in which four cousins set out to uncover the potential loot of their disreputable, slave-trading forebear, the titular Ancestor Jorico. The British edition precedes the more common US edition, scarce in the wrapper which encapsulates the charm of period travel.
LOCKE, William J. Ancestor Jorico. London: The Bodley Head. 1929. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s red cloth lettered and decorated in cream to the spine and front board, in the striking period dust jacket that goes uncredited. A very good or better copy, the cloth clean and bright, the binding tight and square, the red topstain very vivid. Faint spots to the textblock edges, but the contents clean and fine throughout. The dust jacket priced 7/6 net to the spine, complete, slightly rubbed at corners, spine head and tail, with a few tiny closed tears and small stain to front panel lower. The white segments somewhat marked, but a sharp example overall.
One of Locke’s later novels published just before his death in 1930. An adventure treasure hunt in the old colonial sense, in which four cousins set out to uncover the potential loot of their disreputable, slave-trading forebear, the titular Ancestor Jorico. The British edition precedes the more common US edition, scarce in the wrapper which encapsulates the charm of period travel.
