Hortensius, Friend of Nero by PARGETER, Edith - 1936

London: Lovat Dickson, 1936. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good-/good-. Fading to Top Spine. DJ splits at Joints

New York: Greystone Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 232 pages; Jacket with light rubbing, soiling and wear. Couple of small chips and closed tears. .

New York: The Greystone Press, 1937. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 232 pages. White marble boards in dust jacket. The dust jacket is "clipped" at each edge but the price of $2.50 is still clearly visible. Stated first edition, preceded by the UK edition by Lovat Dickson in 1936. More known for her murder mysteries written under the pseudoym Ellis Peters this is Pargeter's first book. Sharp copy.

London: Lovat Dickinson Limited, 1936. Book. Illus. by Farleigh, John. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Octavo. 217 pp, a novel. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, and well-preserved, Blue cloth covered boards with very light edgewear top and bottom spine, in plain spine lettered DJ with top/tail wear & age-toned spine. DJ in protector. 5.4" x 8" blue cloth boards, black letters. .

lovat dickson london 1936. first edition 216pp ills.[b/w by john farleigh] VG+ (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and edges sl.soiled o/w contents clean and tight) in VG d/w (plain brown paper w.title and author in black on spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.) author's first book;also known as ellis peters

New York: The Greystone Press, 1937., 1937. First edition. First U.S. edition. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket uniformly tanned on the spine, one small chip at top of rear panel and light wear to the extremities. Scarce.

UK: Lovat Dickson, 1936. The author's scarce first book, true first printing, set in Ancient Rome; signed 'with best wishes' by author opposite the title page; purple cloth with gilt design of Caesar's head on the front, illustrations to chapter heads and title page by Farleigh, book is cocked, some wear/rubbing to cover, wear/pushing to corners and spine ends, fading of gilt lettering to spine, dust to edges, front and rear endpapers have been strengthened with strips of white linen-effect tape, foxing marks to endpapers, first free endpaper is clipped diagonally at the top, internally predominantly very good, no d/w. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Farleigh.

London: Lovat Dickson Limited, 1936. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Illustrated by John Farleigh.. 8vo. Orange textured cloth, black spine label. A fine copy with only a trace of wear. This appears to be a publisher's variant binding instead of the more common blue cloth with medallion on the upper boars. The dustwrapper is light soiled else in very good condition. It is fairly plain, just a tan color with the tittle on the spine in black. Author's first book.

London: Lovat Dickson,, 1936. First edition, first impression, of the author's first book, inscribed by the author on the first blank: "Best wishes, Edith Pargeter". This copy is in the scarce jacket. Edith Pargeter (1913-1995) was "a realist, immersed in history and attuned to moral questions whose pioneering work in medieval historical crime fiction" did much to consolidate the popularity of the genre. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine in gilt. With dust jacket. Spine rolled, ends lightly faded, edges slightly rubbed, tips a little worn. An excellent copy in the toned jacket with a few shallow chips and nicks to extremities, minor loss to spine ends, and front panel skilfully reattached.

London: Lovat Dickson, 1936., 1936. First edition. First edition. Author's first book. Limited to 125 copies signed by the author and the illustrator, John Farleigh. Lightly rubbed at head and toe of spine, and a little uneven sunning to the spine and front cover, else very good in transparent cellulose acetate protective dust jacket. Set in Imperial Rome, this is the diary of Marcus Hortensius, a middle-aged, wealthy, respected Roman citizen in the months immediately following the execution of Paul, founder of the Christian Church. "That this is a work of such quiet beauty and power comes as no surprise to those familiar with her more recent and famous work. That she, or any writer, should have been this accomplished in her first published work is impressive beyond words."