The Brackenford Story (Signed copy)
Signed by Michael Home, pseudonym of crime writer Christopher Bush
Author
Michael Home, pseud. Christopher Bush
Publisher
Macmillan, New York, 1952
Printing Details
First US edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 21.5 × 14cm, 278pp.
Signed directly to the title page by Michael Home.
Unlike the author's other Norfolk novels, the Breckland series, this one is broader in scope. Telling the story of a country house through the eyes of William Downes who arrives in 1888 as a bootboy through to the 1950s as he sees the rich life of England with a panoramic sweep and a feeling for the life that was passing.
The author also wrote crime fiction under his real name, Christopher Bush.
Condition
The book is in good condition only, with some spotted fading to the rear board but otherwise in strong readable condition. The dustwrapper is poor, with heavy creasing and tears but is now within a protective sleeve.