REA, Lorna. Six & Seven: New Stories. London: Heinemann. 1935. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s green cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket. A good copy overall. The cloth clean, the backstrip slightly faded. The binding remains tight and square, with some spots to the textblock edges. The contents with ink gift inscription to the front endpaper at corner, and some occasional light scattered foxing in places. The dust jacket price-clipped, faded at the spine panel with several closed tears, chips, rubbing and creases at the corners, tips and some edges.
A collection of thirteen short stories by this long-forgotten author, the first and only such collection. Her most famous work was the well-received Six Mrs. Greenes. The stories here previously published in Good Housekeeping Magazine, Lovat Dickson Magazine, and Nash’s Magazine.
REA, Lorna. Six & Seven: New Stories. London: Heinemann. 1935. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s green cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket. A good copy overall. The cloth clean, the backstrip slightly faded. The binding remains tight and square, with some spots to the textblock edges. The contents with ink gift inscription to the front endpaper at corner, and some occasional light scattered foxing in places. The dust jacket price-clipped, faded at the spine panel with several closed tears, chips, rubbing and creases at the corners, tips and some edges.
A collection of thirteen short stories by this long-forgotten author, the first and only such collection. Her most famous work was the well-received Six Mrs. Greenes. The stories here previously published in Good Housekeeping Magazine, Lovat Dickson Magazine, and Nash’s Magazine.
