£3,500
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 694
Auction: 13 July 2022 at 11:00 BST
London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition, first impression, 8vo, original blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge dyed blue, dust jacket (with printed price 7s. 6d. net, unclipped), bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, spine rolled, text-block toned, dust jacket with a few nicks and chips along top and bottom edges, rubbed along joints and extremities, spine browned, front and rear panels very slightly toned, small transverse tear to rear panel, pencilled annotation to rear flap ('This novel shows a strong DHL influence')