Bruce Allsopp — Possessed: A Historical Novel

London, Robert Hale Limited, 1959. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this very scarce historical novel set in seventeenth century France. The very scarce first edition of this work of historical fiction, in the publisher's original illustrated price unclipped dust wrapper. The dust wrapper explains that 'this is the astonishing but well authenticated story of a little English girl who was sold as a slave in France in the seventeenth century' and sent to a convent. Viewed by author Bruce Allsopp as 'among the greatest English women of all time', this is a 'haunting and romantic story', and the author's first novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Boards bright, with light shelf wear to spine head and tail. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper in excellent condition, with minor shelf minor shelf wear to extremities and back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.