Holy Deadlock

E-265: Methuen & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Methuen and Co, London, UK. 1934. Viii, 312 pgs. Signed and inscribed by A P Herbert to the front pastedown. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (large chip present to the crown of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Holy Deadlock is a 1934 satirical novel by the English author A. P. Herbert, which aimed to highlight the perceived inadequacies and absurdities of contemporary divorce law. The book took a particularly lenient view of the need for divorces, which it characterised as "a relief from misfortune, not a crime", and demonstrated how the current system created an environment which encouraged the participants to commit perjury and adultery. The book was a major element in the popular debate about the liberalisation of divorce law in the mid-1930s, and helped pave the way for the 1937 statutory reforms. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages; Signed by Author .