McKenna (Stephen) Breasted Amazon
£250
London, Hutchinson, [1938].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
McKenna (1888–1967) was a prolific chronicler of English upper-class society whose 1917 novel Sonia: Between Two Worlds was a major bestseller (the tenth-best-selling novel in the US in 1918, filmed in 1921, and running through numerous UK printings). Breasted Amazon is one of several later McKenna novels centring on a highly cultured artist-protagonist with feet of clay, a recurring preoccupation of his 1930s work.
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A very good copy; jacket rubbed at edges with some chips and small closed tears, but overall still an attractive example.
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