CURTOIS, Margaret Anne. In Minden Town. London: Faber and Gwyer. 1926. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s variant blue cloth lettered in black to the spine, in the splendid Ralph Keene dust jacket. A near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, a trifle bumped at extremities. The binding tight and square, with a few very light stains and spots to textblock edges. Some light offsetting to endpapers, else fine. The dust jacket priced 7/6 net to the spine, neatly cut at corners by publisher. A couple of very discreet adhesive repairs to verso, very gently bumped to extremities, but a pleasing example overall.
The author’s final novel and perhaps now her most famous, a subtle murder mystery in placid Minden Town, Hubin-listed, and the author’s only foray into the genre; she primarily wrote children’s fiction but saved best ‘til last. The dust jacket by Ralph Keene is objectively a remarkable feat of design using just three colours to create the leafy rural village. Uncommon.
CURTOIS, Margaret Anne. In Minden Town. London: Faber and Gwyer. 1926. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s variant blue cloth lettered in black to the spine, in the splendid Ralph Keene dust jacket. A near fine copy, the cloth clean and bright, a trifle bumped at extremities. The binding tight and square, with a few very light stains and spots to textblock edges. Some light offsetting to endpapers, else fine. The dust jacket priced 7/6 net to the spine, neatly cut at corners by publisher. A couple of very discreet adhesive repairs to verso, very gently bumped to extremities, but a pleasing example overall.
The author’s final novel and perhaps now her most famous, a subtle murder mystery in placid Minden Town, Hubin-listed, and the author’s only foray into the genre; she primarily wrote children’s fiction but saved best ‘til last. The dust jacket by Ralph Keene is objectively a remarkable feat of design using just three colours to create the leafy rural village. Uncommon.
