SHIEL, Matthew Phipps. How the Old Woman Got Home. London: The Richards Press. 1927. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s red cloth lettered in black to the spine and upper board, in the delectable dust jacket showing scenically the plot’s goings on. A very good copy. The cloth clean and bright, a trifle marked only. The binding tight and square, the textblock a little spotted and toned, the contents largely fine but for light marks to prelims including title page. The dust jacket priced 7/6 net to the spine panel, one small fingernail-sized chip to the spine foot corner, and a handful of small closed tears and tiny nicks. The cream a trifle marked with light spots to spine panel, but still a pleasing example overall.
A smart example of this much later novel by the prolific writer of mostly genre fantasy fiction including supernatural tales. He was also, famously, the second King of Redonda—styled King Felipe. Though not the usual genre fiction, the tale of Hazlitt and his kidnapped mother goes at some speed and with some considerable eccentricity. Uncommon.
SHIEL, Matthew Phipps. How the Old Woman Got Home. London: The Richards Press. 1927. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s red cloth lettered in black to the spine and upper board, in the delectable dust jacket showing scenically the plot’s goings on. A very good copy. The cloth clean and bright, a trifle marked only. The binding tight and square, the textblock a little spotted and toned, the contents largely fine but for light marks to prelims including title page. The dust jacket priced 7/6 net to the spine panel, one small fingernail-sized chip to the spine foot corner, and a handful of small closed tears and tiny nicks. The cream a trifle marked with light spots to spine panel, but still a pleasing example overall.
A smart example of this much later novel by the prolific writer of mostly genre fantasy fiction including supernatural tales. He was also, famously, the second King of Redonda—styled King Felipe. Though not the usual genre fiction, the tale of Hazlitt and his kidnapped mother goes at some speed and with some considerable eccentricity. Uncommon.
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