Stella Gibbons — Ticky

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1943. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Stella Gibbons' own favourite of all her novels, 'Ticky', a satirical fantasy on English military institutions. First edition.  With the publisher's clipped dust wrapper.  Ticky, although it failed commercially at the time, is Stella Gibbons' favourite of her novels, with critics owing this reaction to the topic and time in which it was released.  The novel, set in the mid-1800s, is a wry comedy of the politics and loves of the inhabitants of the Club, a vast twin-towered edifice in Hyde Park, which houses the First Bloods regiment.  In the original cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart indeed, with only mild shelf wear. Small bump to the outer edge of the rear board. Dust wrapper is smart, with handling marks to the wrap and chip to the head of the rear panel. Minor chip to the head of the spine, with mild general shelf wear to the wrapper. Pink tide mark to the rear panel and a dark spot only visible to the reverse of the wrap to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with light scattered spotting to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.