Fox (Marion) Aunt Isabel’s Lover
£1,500
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1928.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original pale green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An intriguing supernatural romance tale. ‘This story of a mortal woman who wins an immortal lover has a grave charm rare in an age of crudity. Its style is vivid and personal, and the tale has a kind of delicate strength.’ (Contemporary review in The Sunday Times). Uncommon in the jacket.
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A dusting of light foxing; a very good copy, in rather rubbed and marked jacket.
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