Iron and Smoke

Published by Cassell, London, 1928

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Seller: Quair Books PBFA, Leeds, United KingdomQuair Books PBFA

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FIRST EDITION, SIGNED SLIP LAID IN. 8vo, pp. [xiii], 315, [1]. Original blue buckram, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Pushing to spine ends. Signed slip of paper laid in with B. D Maurer's loose WWI-themed bookplate, NY bookshop label to rear pastedown. Else, clean and tight. In the original buff dust jacket, lettered and illustrated in black: flaps separated at joints, creased at edges, short closed tear to bottom joint of front panel. Housed in a custom-made slipcase: green buckram, black morocco title panel to spine, lettered in gilt: spine and top-edge faded, title label rubbed. Very good/ good/ good+ A cherished first edition copy of Sheila Kaye-Smith's 1928 novel of female friendship, "in which is advanced the theme of love of woman for woman transcending the complexes of sex," set in Sussex on the cusp of WWI; unusual, especially in the original dust jacket with a signed slip laid in, and its own bespoke slipcase. Sheila Kaye-Smith (1887-1956) was a prolific English author, best known for her novels set in rural Sussex (as here, with a Yorkshire nod) and Kent. She found popularity in the US too, where there were questions about her identity, apparently: according to R M Gay writing in The Atlantic, "every critic has spoken of the 'masculine detachment' or 'stern virility' of her art, which once made some suspect that she was really a man writing under a pseudonym.". …

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Title
Iron and Smoke
Author
KAYE-SMITH, Sheila
Publisher
Cassell, London
Publication year
1928
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Cloth
Edition
1st Edition
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Quair Books specialises in modern literary and visual cultures, particularly alternative, different and radical authors/ artists, presses and histories. We also hold a small general stock, with a focus on rare, significant and bonny books. We trade at fairs, online and via catalogue.

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