No Second Spring

1933. Association Copy. Association Copy Signed by Janet Beith (owned by Malclom Beith - relationship unknown). Signed by author. Description: Full binding in blue leather. Gold titles, border and decoration to spine, gold title and decoration to cover with blind-stamped border. Marbled endpapers with silk page marker. Black & white illustration and decoration by Keith Henderson. Language: English. Book Condition> Good+: Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Light rubbing and marks to covers. Spotting and foxing to some prelims. Unmarked pages with very minor spots to extreme page edges from text block edges. DJ Condition> Na. 302pp. Size: 12mo (large), 20cm by 13cm. Book Resume: "The Prize novel in the Hodder and Stoughton - Frederick A Stokes Company competition" Winner of the $20,000 International Prize Novel Competition and thereby assured a big press, wide publicity, good advertising A first novel -- the author a girl of twenty eight, niece of Ian Eay -- but it shows the result of rigid self-discipline in its assured touch and utter lack of any of the earmarks of inexperience A profoundly moving story of the Scotch Highlands and of the interplay of three characters, -- Alison, sensitive, immature, lovely wife of a fanatical parson, preaching hell fire and damnation to a dour, reluctant flock, and practising his creed of fear in his own home, and Andrew Simon, the itinerant painter, fleeing the boredom of city life and finding hope of fulfilment in his love for Alison The plot is slight -- the power of the story is in the restraint of the telling, in the simplicity and sympathy of handling A fine piece of work, which will be appreciated by readers seeking quality, but is not likely to have much appeal for the readers who demand incident and escape literature Extensive promotion and advertising. PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required.…