Hodder & Stoughton, 1968, Hardback in dust wrapper.
Illustrated by way of: Black and White Photographs;
From the cover: "Sally Trench was twenty-one when she completed this remarkable book. It tells of four years spent mostly on the road, among people who have rejected society and those whom society has rejected — beats, vagrants, alcoholics and drug addicts. She spent her days around London's West End, begging money from passers-by to buy food for her down-and-outs. At night she could be found among the vagrants on Waterloo Station, or sharing a fire with the meths drinkers.
Sally Trench is a Christian who believes in love in action: sitting with a junkie through agonising days of withdrawal; holding the hand of a meths drinker as he dies destitute and neglected on a bomb-site; physically restraining a girl bent on suicide; risking her own life to save a tramp from a burning building.
Her own story, told by herself with a refreshing youthful optimism and zest for living, reflects a mature concern with social problems, and also the mixture of happiness and heartbreak which comes from a genuine involvement with other people."
Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper with a triangular crease and tear to the head of the lower panel. Edges of the text block lightly tanned.
Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 191 pages. 8¾" x 5¾".
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