The Sullen Bell

Davin, Dan

Published by Michael Joseph (1956), London, 1956

About this Item

Moderate foxing. Foxing and fading to-dust-jacket. 5mm chip at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; This copy inscribed by the author on front endpaper: "To Denis / from his ever - / loving uncle Dan / Dan Davin / 3 July 69". Also signed by Dan Davin and Pat Davin on title page. 287, [1 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt and white lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 127mm. New Zealand author. The author's fourth novel. "The setting of Dan Davin's new novel is London shortly after the end of the last war. The life of the city is seen through the eyes of a group of New Zealand expatriates. They are of varying ages and circumstances, ranging from newly demobilised subalterns, doing odd jobs for experience, to an established barrister of advanced political views, a military historian, a taxi-driver, a doctor gone tragically and criminally to seed." - from dust-jacket blurb. "Between the newly-arrived boat-train on the left and a stationary local train on the right, the passengers streamed. Ghosts, they might have been, in some modern-dress Inferno, the overhead lights hollowing their cheeks and the anxieties of the city already darkening their eyes." - the opening sentences, page 9. [Reference: Bagnall D158 - "London 'through the eyes of a group of New Zealand expatriates'."] ; ; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sullen Bell
• Publisher: Michael Joseph (1956), London
• Publication Date: 1956
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good-
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)