Mary Renault — Return to Night

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1947. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Mary Renault's novel 'Return to Night' in its unclipped dust wrapper. Mary Renault's novel 'Return to Night,' following the romance between a thirty-four-year-old woman doctor and her lover, ten years her junior. 'Return to Night' has been awarded the annual Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer prize of £40,000 as the outstanding novel of the year. With the unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. With a previous owner's inscription to the front free endpaper, undated. The dust wrapper is unclipped and smart, with some shelf wear and minor chipping, and some loss to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. With a minor spotting to the fore edge, affecting only the odd leaf minimally. Otherwise, the pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.