ARMSTRONG, Martin.

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The Sleeping Fury. First edition, signed limited issue, one of 125 copies printed on handmade paper and signed by the author on the limitation page; the publisher's retained copy with their ink-stamp to the front free endpaper.Armstrong (1882-1974) was associate literary editor of the Spectator from 1922 to 1924. "Armstrong's novels, his most substantial artistic accomplishment, were written in the Edwardian tradition of John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett and are characterized by carefully drawn portraits of figures from the upper-middle-class society into which he was born. The characters often reflect the class values that he himself averred, especially his respect for justice and tradition, his love of the countryside, and his concern for social harmony in relationships between the sexes. At the same time, however, his novels frequently assault the class values which he deplored, particularly snobbery, materialism, and indifference" (ODNB).

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