Royde-Smith (Naomi) The Altar-Piece
£150
An Edwardian Mystery
London, Macmillan, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7s6d.
A nice jacketed example of this “piquant and persuasive study in the macabre” (Sunday Times). Royde-Smith was the first woman literary editor of the Westminster Gazette and in that capacity published the early work of such writers as Rupert Brooke, Graham Greene, Elizabeth Bowen, and Rose Macaulay. Rare.
Out of stock
Jacket artwork by Bip Pares.
Minor foxing, lacking front free endpaper; cloth a little mottled; a little minor rubbing to jacket but overall very good.
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