The Digger of the Pit.

(Minton.) HASTINGS (Michael)

The Digger of the Pit.

Description: FIRST EDITION, faint browning to inner-margin of half-title, a handful of leaves a little creased at corner, pp. 244, crown 8vo, original dark green boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, bottom corner of upper board knocked, flyleaf with old price in blue pencil faintly visible, dustjacket with an overall design by John Minton, touch rubbed at extremities, very good

Publication Details: Methuen, 1955

Notes: An adventure novel set on a a plantation island in the South China Sea, where 'an unbalanced tyrant' rules 'by violence' (blurb). John Minton's superb dustjacket captures the oppressive tropical atmosphere.