All the Day Long, a Novel by Howard Spring, 1959 English Book Club Edition, Hardcover Format with Dust-Jacket. Cornish Setting, Welsh Author. OP

This is the 1959 reprint of "All the Day Long" by Welsh author Howard Spring, that was published in London by The Book Club. Spring was a serious, successful and very popular author, creating stories for both adults and children. The jacket blurb is brief and to the point : "Maria Legassick is the youngest of the three daughters of a Cornish vicar, and she tells the story of what happened in a swiftly-changing world to herself, her sisters, and her brilliant, gifted brother, Roger -- whom she loved too well; Louisa, whom she admired but could never love; Bella, whom she more and more despised. Beginning in a world that seems unchanging, the book moves into our own time, clouded with menace and anxiety, and it leaves Maria where she began -- back in her Cornish vicarage, with nothing left but her memories." Readers should find the novel thoroughly interesting and satisfying. Very nice that the book's dust-jacket is still present. TITLE : All the Day Long AUTHOR : Howard Spring (1889 - 1965) IMPRINT : The Book Club PLACE : Charing Cross Road, London, England DATE : (December 1959) EDITION : Second Printing of the Reprint, issued through the Book Club STATUS : OP - Out of Print PHYSICAL DETAILS : Hardcover, issued through the Book Club; 447 pages; 4 5/8" x 7 1/4"; light blue, paper-covered boards with black lettering on spine; pictorial dust-jacket. Front panel picture art marked (It looks like) as by Cathill (?). CONDITION -- BOOK : VERY GOOD --- JACKET : VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive , with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR : Spine extremities are compressed; title on spine displays sharply; ; bottom board edges have mild shelf rub; top fore-edge corner tips are softly bumped; text-block edges are clean with but mild signs of handling. BINDING : Solid. INTERIOR : Clean and free of marking. No signatures DUST-JACKET : The edges display nicking, slight crimping, and minute tears, and the rear panel displays a touch of smudging and abrasion. The spine fold extremities display moderate rub. The rear panel is a bit rubbed, and slightly smudged - else the jacket is clean and presentable. The Book Club printed the original publisher's price at the bottom corner of the front flap, which price is not clipped. …