Mr. Gresham and Olympus

New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Very Good+. (c.1932). 1st (U.S.) edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [good solid book, some fading to spine cloth and minor wear at corners and spine ends; jacket blurb neatly glued to ffep]. The Australian artist-writer's very scarce third novel, "the story of the talented and erratic Gresham family, every member of which is rich material for a full novel; of the misunderstandings between child and parent and husband and wife; and particularly of the flaring up of the last spark of passion and romance in the heart of a man of fifty." The New York Times critic found it "a wicked and amusing and often penetrating (truncated) novel," noting that the author's writing "crackles with abrupt curious phrases and a fresh and breezy vocabulary." (The book was published as "Miracles by Arrangement" in England the same year.) . (Inventory #: 15176)