The Chain: A Novel

London: Werner Laurie, 1950. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); blue cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt and red on spine; dustjacket; 466pp. Some pages of text unopened. Soil to edges of textblock, with occasional interior marginal chips and faint residue to pastedowns; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 10s. 6d. net), with tiny chips and rubbing to extremities, tiny nick to front flap fold, and residue to rear flap; Good. Wellman's sequel to The Walls of Jericho, both set in Kansas, with this text focusing on Jericho's relationship with Father John Carlisle and the Jugtown mob. [84299].