CONNELL, John. The House by Herod’s Gate. London: Sampson Low. Undated, circa 1946. 8vo. First edition. Cream cloth with blue lettering to spine, in the dust jacket. The author’s second novel based on his experiences working for Special Branch in Palestine and Jordan, and an attempt to shed light on the two the two ‘little understood’ areas. The book clean, the binding tight, the corners and tips gently bumped. Internally clean. The dust jacket unclipped (12s 6d net) with several chips and closed tears, some loss to spine head and tail, nicks elsewhere and the joints rubbed, but uncommon.