PAULINE MELVILLE. — The Ventriloquist's Tale. A novel. (INSCRIBED)

Bloomsbury, New York, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First US Edition (first printing) - this copy inscribed by the author on the title page and dated two years after publication. 8vo. 357pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. Maroon endpapers and a ribbon place marker. In fine state with non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a little marked internally, else fine. The author's first novel, winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award., Fine, Near Fine