Walpole, Hugh [1884 - 1941]. Twohey, Anna Marie [1916 - 1997] - Inscribed to — ROGUE HARRIES. A Novel
London: MacMillan and Co. Limited St. Martin's Street, 1930. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the Author on half-title page. Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. Map esp. Printed buff paper dust jacket. 736 pp. Fold-out genealogical tree follow text. 8vo. 19cm x 13.5cm. " .. possibly Walpole's best-known work, Rogue Herries, a historical novel set in the Lake District, was well-received: The Daily Mail considered it 'not only a profound study of human character, but a subtle and intimate biography of a place.'" [Wiki]. In 1935, Twohey [later Hager] was 18 years old, working in Dawsons book shop in Los Angeles, who wrote about her employment experiences working there as a teenager while attending and graduating George Washington High School in LA. See her Ernest Dawson & His Wonderful Shop printed by Grant Dahlstrom in 1968. Minor wear, not cocked, a VG+ copy in a VG jacket that has some edge-chipping, soiling & age-toning.
