First Edition. Author's first book, winner of a competition judged by Sir Philip Gibbs. "The tension created by the fear that the secret life of the past [that he committed murder] might be found out is so well sustained in the book that it is like a bomb with a lighted fuse: the reader becomes almost afraid it will go off". Not found in Hubin. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at top spine end, tiny chip and some horizontal closed tears at lower spine mended with clear tape at verso. Seller Inventory # 29757

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Title: A Secret Life

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London

Publication Date: 1938

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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We strive to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. With over 12,000 such titles in our inventory, it is one of the largest �for sale� collections of such material in the world. While our specialty is Jazz Age and Depression Era literature, we also maintain a growing collection of Children's and 19th Century Literature. We pride themselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in all fields of literature.

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Babylon Revisited Rare Books
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