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London: William Jackson (Books), Ltd.. Near Fine. 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine and top cover. Cover has very light rubbin on lower edges at corners. Corners are sharp. Binding sound. Top edge gilt and lightly tarnished. This is copy no 97 of 550 copies, of which 500 were for sale. Signed by author on limitation page. Pages remain unopened at fore edge folds. Woodcut frontis by Clare Leighton. Publisher correction slip tipped in (Joiner and Steele Ltd publised the later numbered Furnival Books with the William Jackson imprint). There are light pencilled bookseller marks on the front endpapers, otherwise book is unmarked. Issued without DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 67 pages .

William Jackson. Joiner and Steele. London. 1932. 8vo. 67pp. Woodcut frontis. Original cloth, gilt lettering to spine and cover. Teg. Signed limited edition 377/550. Joiner and Steele insert tipped in, as called for. Bookplate of Peter M. Jeavons to fep. Foreword by Geoffrey West.

Stella Benson (1892-1933) novelist, poet, and travel writer. She lived in China from 1920, whilst continuing to travel widely. She died in Hongay Indo-China in 1933.