The Letters of Lenin de Hill, Elizabeth & Mudie, Doris - 1937

Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1930. First Published. 318 pages. Cream dust jacket over red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Dust jacket has been replaced with parts of original stuck to spine and inserted to front free endpaper. Medium tanning to spine. Foxing overall.

1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1936. Dustwrapper and 2-page black/white cartoons by LOW (Sir David Alexander Cecil Low, 1891 - 1963). Very Good condition with occasional spotting and browning to rear blanks/pastedowns. No inscriptions. In near Very Good original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price 10s 6d). There are 3 small strips of paper strengthening to the reverse of the dustwrapper (spine head/tail and upper edge of rear flap). Generally attractive, tight condition.Dedicated to : "The Past Present and Future Readers in the British Museum Reading Room". This is a scarce collage of histories, reflections and commentaries of a female reader at the British Museum. Precedes the US Edition published by E.P Dutton in 1937.