ELINOR MORDAUNT. — Full Circle. A novel.

Martin Secker Ltd., London, 1st Edition, First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 320pp. Pink smooth-weave cloth, lettered in gold at the spine and upper board, and with the publisher's slightly faded pink top edge stain. The backstrip cloth lightly faded, and with just a trace of toning to the free endpapers. A very good copy. No dust wrapper. Originally issued in the US under the title 'Gin and Bitters' and accredited to 'A.Riposte', the novel tells the story of "a novelist who writes novels about other novelists" and fanned the flames of the Hugh Walpole / 'Cakes and Ale' debate. It was rumoured that the author was Walpole himself and the book was swiftly removed from sale in the UK, apparently under pressure from Maugham, despite this UK edition being correctly accredited to the true author, Elinor Mordaunt. Walpole subsequently described it as "vile but very ably written". Most uncommon., Very Good, No Jacket