Hugh Walpole — Harmer John: An Unworldly Story

London, Macmillan and Co, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A limited first edition, signed copy of Hugh Walpole's 'Harmer John: An Unworldly Story&apos. This copy is one of two hundred and fifty large paper copies. Hugh Walpole was a British novelist, critic, and dramatist, renowned for his skill at scene-setting and his extensive romantic invention. Walpole's output was large and varied, with the writer producing at least one book every year since his first novel 'The Wooden Horse' published in 1909. At his death in 1941, Walpole had published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two original plays and three volumes of memoirs. ranging from disturbing studies of the macabre, to children's stories to historical fiction. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound. Some rubbing to extremities and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Author's signature to first page. Uncut pages between half-title and title page. Cut and uncut pages throughout. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .