Samain by Meg Elizabeth Atkins - 1977

London: Cassell, 1977. First Edition, First Impression. . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 1977 First edition, first impression. Size octavo, 8" tall, 226 pages. Pale green cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners edges and spine ends slightly rubbed, pages a little toned otherwise clean throughout. Dust jacket condition very good, lower edge of spine bumped with a tiny piece of the glossy printed top layer of the jacket come away from the white layer underneath (about 1cm x 3mm) very slight rub to upper edge of jacket, not price clipped. "From the moment he walked through the summer stillness of early morning to take possession of the house his aunt had left him, Inspector Henry Beaumont knew that Marchstearn was no ordinary village, dominated as it was by an avenue of prehistoric stones and networked by the ancient mysterious track ways known as leys." And naturally the story happens just before October 31st -- Samain. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall