MANNING-SANDERS, Ruth.

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The Extraordinary Margaret Catchpole. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to her close friend Rowena Cade, "Dofferty, with love, from Ruth, Christmas 1966". It is accompanied by a typed letter signed by Manning-Sanders to Cade: "I know you don't like Christmas cards, but I hope the dislike won't include a little book?"In 1930 Rowena Cade created the open-aired Minack Theatre. With the help of her gardeners she built the theatre's seating and stage from the cliff side behind her house. Dofferty is a diminutive of Dorothy (Cade's first name). Loosely inserted is a postcard of Cade sitting in a wheelbarrow from the Minack Theatre.

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