Nethercot Mary (4 results)

Condition: Fair. 1947. First Edition. 155 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. Some moderate marks and staining to surfaces. Book has slight forward lean.

Condition: Good. 1947. First Edition. 155 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning throughout, notable to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Mild water staining to pages throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking and mottling to boards. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to front board. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped.

Grey hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Light foxing. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 155pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Mary Nethercot [1903 - 2000] was an illustrator, artist and novelist.Under her pseudonyms of Mary Williams, and Marianne Harvey she published more than two dozen Gothic romances, beginning when she was in her 70s. 'Louise' is the single novel published as Mary Nethercot. It is set in 19th century Cornwall and is influenced by Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. It was later reprinted as by Mary Williams. 156pp 19.5cm x 13.5cm. Inscription inside front cover [1952]otherwise Very Good.Grey cloth, black lettering. Sl rubbed.