Peter Traill [Guy Mainwaring Morton] — Under the Cherry Tree

London, Faber and Gwyer, 1926 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this charming novel from Peter Traill, the pseudonym of author Guy Mainwaring Morton. The scarce first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a frontispiece and five further illustrations by Aubrey Hammond.Guy Mainwaring Morton was a barrister and writer who wrote a number of crime novels, including 'The 3-7-9 Murder' and 'Mystery at Hardacres&apos.The follows a young boy who encounters a magical cherry tree.It was reviewed in The Spectator as having 'an Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley touch&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards vibrant. Fading to back strip, and to head and tail of boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Aubrey Hammond. Very Good Indeed .