PUNSHON, E. R.

£1,500 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Death of a Beauty Queen. First edition, first impression, from the Sergeant Bobby Owen series. This is the publisher's retained copy with their stamp to the front panel of the dust jacket and the front pastedown, from the archive of Victor Gollancz (1893-1967), one of the revolutionary figures of 20th-century publishing. Everything about Gollancz was distinctive, from his business practices - he flouted convention, backed newcomers extravagantly, and held unique sway over the Book Society choices - to the appearance of his books, in the famous yellow jackets, a collaborative design between Gollancz himself and the typographer Stanley Morison.

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