Author:
Winston Graham [Winston Mawdsley Graham, born Grime] (1908-2003), English novelist, author of the hugely-popular ‘Poldark’ series of Cornish historical novels
Publication details:
Book published in London by Hodder & Stoughton, 1959. Inscription dated 8 October 1959.
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Book: 351 + [1]pp, 8vo. In original green boards, with lettering on spine and monogram 'WG' on cover in silver. No dustwrapper. Worn copy, with foxed and grubby pages. However the front free endpaper, carrying the inscription is clean, and the inscription reads, 'Dear Arthur Lyne, / Herewith the novel at last, delayed a little beyond its natural season by the printing strike. / Again thank you for all the quite invaluable help and advice you gave me in this novel, from its inception right through to the finished article. I really am most grateful.
