Bowen (Marjorie) Shadows of Yesterday.
£1,250
Stories from an old catalogue
London, Smith, Elder, 1916.
First edition, second impression. With loose 2pp. signed autograph letter from the author. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, remains of 6/- price sticker.
A great example of the first edition (albeit second impression) of this collection of historical tales, which includes two weird & supernatural tales, ‘The fair hair of Ambrosine’ and ‘Gindetta’s wedding night’. The accompanying autograph letter (mounted on card) from the author is dated 22nd May 1917, signed under her first married name, Gabrielle Costanzo (her husband Zefferino died in 1916 and this letter must have been written shortly before her second marriage to Arthur Long), and as ‘Marjorie Bowen’, referring to the collection: “… I think you will find another side of things in ‘Shadows of Yesterday’. If these later stories partake too much of the character of a nightmare, it may be because they affect as moods of mine engendered by very terrible experiences of my own”.
In stock
Some mild foxing; cloth in excellent condition; jacket with some light marking to spine with remains of price sticker, but overall a very good example.
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