Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Good, signed book, Published by Atheneum, 1979. SIGNED by Author "To Maureen With love & best wishes from her brother "John Welcome" July 1980" Also contains postcard on J N H Brennan's (Welcome's real name) stationery dated 27.2.1980..."This may give you a little light reading during convalesence, Love from us both, J." Page edges very yellowed to top. D/J covered by plastic wrap but has small creases to inside flaps, overall very good.
John Welcome, a pseudonym, was a lawyer by profession. His real name was John Needham Huggard Brennan.
He was educated at Sedbergh School and Oxford.
'Run for Cover' (1958) was his first novel and his early wrting included three sporting novels while he also edited Best Secret Service Stories and Best Legal Stories.
He wrote and edited 25 books including a number on the history of horse racing.