1st edition, 1st printing. [1939]. In red cloth-covered boards with cream titles on spine. 12mo. Slightly cocked. Covers worn at edges, gently rounded at corners and rubbed spine tips. Gutter cracked behind endpapers. Faint and occasional spotting. A slip from Boots Book Lovers Library bound in, offering readers the chance of reserving a copy at a bargain price. A tale of a young physician appointed to the Russian Imperial Court who glimpses the progress towards revolution as he serves the future Catherine the Great. by Geraldine Gordon Salmon, writing under her pen name, J G Sarasin, a popular novelist in the early part of the 20th century. Her other titles include Lady and Leader (1931), The Pirate's Pack (1934), The House of the Winds (1941) and The State Torch (1944). One of her harder to find titles.
