FERDINAND MOUNT. — Umbrella. A Pacific Tale. (INSCRIBED)

Heinemann, London, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing). This copy inscribed by the author on the title page to Derwent [May, literary editor of 'The Listener' and the 'TLS') and his wife, Yola (i.e. Yolanta), and dated the year of publication. 8vo. 215pp. Maroon boards lettered in gold at the spine. A little toning to the leaf margins, else a fine copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. A novella based on the life of George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister from 1852 until 1855, and the cousin of Lord Byron., Near Fine, Near Fine