The Male Impersonator [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION]
London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1929. Hardcover. Signed E. F. Benson on colophon. 496/500. Octavo. 28 (1)pp. Original illustrated light tan boards with brown lettering on cover, in original illustrated dustjacket. Decorative endpapers. Title page framed with publisher's device. Number nine of The Woburn Books. Set in Monotype 12-pt. Scotch Roman, and printed by Robert MacLehose & Co. Ltd., at the University Press Glasgow; Nos. 1-500 only are for sale and Nos. 501-530 for presentation. "Miss Elizabeth Mapp was sitting, on this warm September morning, in the little public garden at Tilling, busy as a bee with her water-color sketch..." Very light wear along edges of boards. Dustjacket with light wear along edges, very small chips and small closed tears along top of front cover., price-clipped. Small light stain on back cover. Very good condition. Item #49891
Price: $125.00