Moss Rose
1934, with the bookplate of Florence and Edward Kaye
Author
Joseph Shearing, aka Marjorie Bowen, pseud. Gabrielle Margaret Vere Campbell
Publisher
William Heinemann, London, 1934
Printing Details
First edition, hardback bound in the original cloth with gilt titling to spine. 19 × 12.5cm, 340pp, [2].
Not signed as such but with the leather book plate of Florence and Edward Kaye, who collected together a distinguished library of crime and mystery books.
A superb psychological crime novel based on an unsolved murder of 1872. Set in Victorian London, this thriller centres around the murder of a prostitute and was filmed in 1947 with Peggy Cummins and Victor Mature.
Condition
A fair copy. The head of the spine is chipped, and both front and back hinges are cracked but the book remains well bound. The spine is sun-faded and the Kaye's bookplate has offset to the opposing page. Nevertheless, this remains a rare title in the first edition state.
Price
£40.00
