First edition, first printing. 310pp. In red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles. (Boards are strong, clean and bright, gently rubbed at spine tips, some mild spotting on text block edges.) Previous owner's gift inscription on a dull and lightly toned front free endpaper, which has a tiny corner curl, else internally neat, clean and bright. Firmly bound. In its original worn and torn dust jacket by Barbosa (jacket has old and failing tape repairs, cracked along front spine fold with lower third of backstrip absent). Dust jacket now protected in archival quality mylar, fitted without the use of tape or adhesive. A regency novel. Georgette Heyer, an English novelist and short story writer, effectively established the historical romance genre, and its sub-genre of Regency Romances, and has remained popular among readers since the publication of her first novel, The Black Month, in 1921. Although perhaps best known (and collected) for her Regency Romances, which were written with great attention to historical detail, she also wrote thrillers and detective fiction. We have many of her works in stock, and offer generous discounts to those ordering more than one title at a time - please inquire.
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