American Literature
London, Alvin Redman, 1961.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Miller (1884–1960) was an enormously industrious American writer, decades of magazine serials and novels, mostly Southern romances and a genteel line in historical Christmas novellas involving the Lincolns and Jeffersons. This UK edition appeared from Alvin Redman the year after her death. Redman was a small London house whose back-list is quietly sought after by the collecting cognoscenti.
Detective Fiction
London, Alvin Redman, 1950.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket.
A mid-century thriller/mystery centred on the murder of fitness guru Merlin Broadstone, drawing in a cast of eccentric figures from the burgeoning post-war health and culture scene.