Michael Sadleir — Forlorn Sunset
London, Constable, 1947. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Michael Sadleir's gritty work of historical fiction, complete with the unclipped Piper dust wrapper. Set in Victorian London, this work explores the underworld of London.Written by Michael Sadleir (1888-1957), a British publisher, bibliographer and writer.Complete with the unclipped dust wrapper designed by John Piper.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece by Piper.A first edition of this exciting novel. In the publisher's original full cloth binding, with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, with just a little edgewear. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine as to be expected, with a little wear to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: John Piper. Near Fine/Very Good.
