Walter J. Turner — Miss America

London, Mandrake Press LTD, 1930. First edition. Vellum. A beautiful signed limited edition of Turner's satirical poem about a woman living in America, published by the Mandrake Press. A limited edition, published at the same time as the first edition. Limited to five-hundred copies, this copy is out-of series.Signed by the author to the title page.In a full vellum binding, and the original cloth slipcase. Slipcase is in a good condition.A satirical poem, presenting a picture of a modern American woman trying to find her place in society.Written by Walter J. Turner.Published by the Mandrake Press, a small British press that was founded by Edward Goldston and P. R. Stephensen in 1929. The company ran into financial issues in 1930, leading to a consortium led by the occultist Aleister Crowley formed Mandrake Press LTD. The consortium was also unsuccessful and the press was dissolved in 1930. During their short publishing run the press published over thirty items, including works by D. H. Lawrence, Giovanni Boccaccio Cecil Roth, and more. In the original publisher's full vellum binding, in the original cloth slipcase. Externally, smart. Light marks and discolouration to the boards and spine, as is usual to see with a vellum binding. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is a little rubbed and worn, with some loss to the extremities. Light marks to the slipcase. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .