Rating the Covers: April Lady (1957, Heinemann)

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This first edition illustration by the famed Arthur Barbosa is typically well done, but it… well, it’s a bit boring, isn’t it? Bonus points for the elegant sweep of the cape sported by the dandy who we must assume is Felix Heathersett, confronting Nell before she visits the moneylender. (So, it’s dull, but bonus points for attention to detail.) B

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