Daniel Woodroffe [Mary Woodroffe/ Mrs J. C. Woods] — The Beauty-Shop

London, T. Werner Laurie, [1906]. Cloth. The T. Werner Laurie colonial edition of this especially scarce novel by the author Mary Woodroffe, or Mrs J. C. Woods, published under the pseudonym Daniel Woodroffe, full bound in the publisher's original, striking, pictorial cloth. The third impression of the work as stated on the title page. Undated, but published circa 1906. A colonial edition of the work published by T. Werner Laurie. Thomas Werner Laurie was a London publisher who specialised in the publication of avant-garde and so-called "racy" works, including works by W. B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde, and George Augustus Moore, as well as authors of lesser renown.Full bound in the publisher's original, striking, pictorial cloth.With six pages of contemporary publisher's advertisements at the rear of the work.Published under the pseudonym Daniel Woodroffe, The Beauty-Shop is a humorous and lively novel by the UK author Mary Woodroffe, or Mrs J. C. Woods. Though now something of an enigmatic figure, we know that Woodroffe was the author of at least five literary works, including Her Celestial Husband (1895), Tangled Trinities (1901), and The Evil Eye (1903). Her writing proved to be contemporarily popular, receiving positive reviews in The Tatler and The Spectator, however grows increasingly less common to encounter. Full bound in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally, attractive with slight rubbing, heaviest to the rear board, and a few minor handling marks. Spine is lightly age toned and there is bumping to its head and tail, as well as a touch to the work's extremities. Endpapers are age somewhat toned. Internally, sections of the binding are strained. Pages are a trifle age toned however barring this, bright with the odd minor mark or spot. With slightly heavier spotting to the advertisements at the rear of the work. Condition is very good indeed given the work's scarcity. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .