The Daughter of Time

New York : The Macmillan Co., 1952. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Printing stated. Dated 1951 CP and 1952 TP. The First American Edition, scarcer in commerce than the British 1st, which was published 1951. Near Fine, tiny rubs at edges and faint stain top edge, in a Very Good dust jacket, spine faded, chips at spine ends, narrow 1" chip along rear fold at spine, light edge wear, front flaps clipped but price of $2.50has only the $ missing. End papers with genealogical charts of British royalty; jacket design by Leo Manso. Voted the number one choice of The Crime Writers' Association in the UK's "Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time"(1990), and Mystery Writers of America ranked the novel fourth in its own similar compendium in 1995. Tey also wrote under the pseudonym of Gordon Daviot. .