IN THE VALLEY OF TOPHET ..

London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1896. Octavo, title page printed in red and black, original decorated yellow green cloth stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. Nevinson's second collection of short fiction: a dozen, loosely connected, tragic, bleak stories set in the English midlands -- the Black Country of the country's industrial heart. Tophet was a Biblical location that has come to symbolize a place for punishment. Nevinson became a war journalist and women's suffragist. NCBEL IV 1197. Some rubbing and dust soiling to rear cover, light scattered foxing, else a very good copy. An uncommon book. (#117737) (Inventory #: 117737)