Perissa, First Edition (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing. Hardback bound in blue cloth with printed titling to spine and upper board. 19.5 × 12.5cm, 395pp. Signed by S P B Mais with a lengthy dedication to the ffep, "To Kenneth Foster, Prince of letter-writers, Regal in generosity, As refreshingly Eighteenth century in his small talk as he is refreshingly plucky and skilful on his small SKI, from a Grub Street Hack who has barely time in this life to sign his name but can appreciated a sportsman when he meets one. 6 March 1924, SPB Mais". S P B Mais's third novel, appears to be a romance of a young couple as they steer a course through their life together (or sometimes not together.). Don't hold me to this precis, I might have got the wrong end of the stick from a quick look through. Condition: Whilst the book is in fairly good shape, the pages are heavily foxed throughout although remaining in good readable condition. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first impression, of the author's third novel. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "A. I. Richardson / d. d. / S. P. B. Mais / 21 March 1924". Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine and front board in black, decoration front board in black, publisher's device to rear board in blind. With dust jacket. Spine very faintly discoloured and lightly rubbed at head and tail, front endpapers a touch tanned. An excellent copy in a rubbed jacket with a few minor tears and chips and a tanned spine panel.