Maud Diver — Candles in the Wind

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons , 1911. Cloth. A very smart copy of Maud Diver's final instalment to her early trilogy of novels, included with a very scarce dust wrapper. The shilling edition, second impression. In the publisher's very scarce dust wrapper.An imperial romance novel set against the backdrop of British India, which was the specialty of writer Maud Diver, who herself resided there. In the prefatory note, Maud Diver states that this work completes a trilogy of novels designed to give a broader view of the varied areas of life and work on the Indian Frontier.  In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. With light bumping to the spine head and tail. A couple marks to the boards. Dust wrapper has a couple small chips to the head and tail of the spine. With light handling marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and a small contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.