Hodden & Stoughton, London, June 1934, First edition. Green cloth has gilt motif JB on front and gilt titles on spine. Boards are bright and clean. Front e/p has been removed. Contents tight. Some scattered foxing throughout. Dust jacket has chips and tears which have been repaired.
Historical adventure set in bleak Yorkshire; A Minister and Professor of Logic at St Andrews University finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue that threatens the country. His boyhood allegiance to a brotherhood of deep-sea fishermen involves him and his handsome ex-pupil with a beautiful but dangerous woman. This is a stirring tale of treason and romance from a master story-teller and author of 'The Thirty-Nine Steps'....