Description
A first edition, first printing of Constable In The Dale by Nicholas Rhea, published by Robert Hale, London in 1983. A near fine book free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publishers original navy blue cloth with silver lettering to the spine, pushing to spine tips, the text block bright and crisp with mild spotting to top edge. In a near fine wrapper with slight bumping to extremities, handling wear to rear panel and chip to the head of the knuckle of the rear flap fold. Jacket photograph of the author by John Fawcett.
In this fifth volume of the Constable series, Police Constable Nicholas Rhea continues to explore the light hearted but genuine relationship between the local policeman and his community. Following his beat in the North Yorkshire countryside his roles are as varied as the pre-occupations of the often eccentric villagers:; called upon as detective to recover lost sheep,as crime prevention officer to guard giant gooseberries, as legal adviser in the Best Kept Village competition, and sympathetic social worker to those in distress. His many hilarious anecdotes include a brush with some bright yellow pigs and the account of the invitation to be best man at awedding because he had to arrest the groom’s new mother-in-law.
