Publication details: Thornton Butterworth,1930,
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Her fifth novel, scarce - and the last before she adopted the pseudonym 'Murray Constantine', her identity behind which discovered by Daphne Patai in the 1980s. A pacifist novel set during the Great War, the narrative draws on the author's own experiences as a VAD nurse; evincing the author's customary attention to the psychology of her characters, Burdekin depicts the relationship formed between her protagonist, Helga, and a traumatised soldier.
FIRST EDITION, foxed at opening and close of text, ad leaf browned at rear, pp. 318, [1, ad], crown 8vo, original yellow cloth, lettered in black to backstrip and blind to upper board, the backstrip slightly bronwed with lean to spine, light overall soiling to cloth, corners slightly knocked, edges and endpapers lightly spotted, a charming small sketch in ink to flyleaf, good
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