Archibald Marshall — Nothing Hid

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. An association copy of this very scarce novel by English author Archibald Marshall. The first edition of this very scarce work, inscribed by a relation to the front free endpaper with 'To Kathleen & Dennis with love', and followed by the inscription 'Archie's last book&apos.This novel was published the year after his death.This excellent novel begins with the line 'Sir Simon Grael succeeded unexpectedly to title and estates at the age of thirty-three&apos.Marshall published over fifty novels and was recognised as a realist in his writing style, considered by some as a successor to Anthony Trollope. Among the many acquaintances he made were Henry James, Ford Maddox Ford and William Morrow. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to spine. Inscribed to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the very odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .